On July 17, 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act into law, which will become effective as of January 1, 2025 (click here see the full bill). Any noncompete covenants that are greater than one year in length in an employment agreement for a healthcare provider, entered into
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Non-Compete Ban Updates: FTC Rule Challenges & Pennsylvania Healthcare Legislation
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Challenges to the FTC Rule
As we previously discussed on Med Law Blog, following the FTC’s approval of the final rule to ban non-compete agreements for for-profit businesses in April, several businesses have challenged the FTC’s authority to enforce this rule. The final rule is set to take effect on September 4, 2024, but in…
Businesses Challenge FTC’s Ban on Non-Compete Agreements
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As expected, businesses have sued the FTC challenging the recent final rule that ends non-compete agreements, as reported by the Wall Street Journal Wednesday morning (read WSJ article here). The U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenged the final rule in federal court in East Texas, which has been joined by other business groups. A lawsuit…
FTC Votes to Ban Non-Compete Agreements
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- This rule only applies to for-profit businesses, as is within the scope
FTC To Rule on Banning Non-Compete Agreements
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The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it will be holding a Special Open Commission Meeting on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at 2pm EST regarding the rule to ban non-compete agreements (read the announcement here). The expectation for this meeting is that the FTC will disclose the proposed final rule followed by remarks by…
PA House Passes Physician Non-Compete Limitations
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- The bill is effective immediately for new restrictive covenant only after current license
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Provides Corporate Fraud Enforcement Update
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- Emphasizing the DOJ’s top priority being the prosecution of “corner office bad actors”
Change Healthcare Cyberattack Disrupts Physician Payments
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“On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group was the victim of the most significant cyberattack on the US healthcare system in American history. Change Healthcare is the predominant source of more than 100 critical functions that keep the healthcare system operating.”
–American Hospital Association Letter March 4, 2024
This hack…
Mandatory COVID Vaccine for Healthcare Workers
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most institutional care settings. A copy of the CMS press release can be found at https://www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/biden-harris-administration-issues-emergency-regulation-requiring-covid-19-vaccination-health-care.
This rule applies to those facilities subject to CMS regulations. Several facilities are regulated by the CMS, but this…
Tucker Arensberg Attorneys to Speak at the PBI Health Law Institute
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Posted in Legal News, Telehealth & Telemedicine
Tucker Attorneys Mike Cassidy and Jerry Russo have been named as presenters for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute (PBI) 2022 Health Law Institute. They will be presenting a program entitled “Federal Telehealth Enforcement: Policy Through Prosecution”. Stay tuned for more information on this PBI Health Law Institute program as the date draws nearer.