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If you are on the legal team for a health IT developer, a provider of telemedicine, or a company that offers a remote monitoring platform, or if your employer supports health IT companies or healthcare providers, you should be aware of these new rules.
On March 9, 2020, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published a set of inter-related final rules addressing interoperability, information blocking, standards to support data exchange via secure APIs, electronic health record certification criteria, and patient access to data.
This webinar will walk participants through the ONC rule, which finalized significant changes to the health IT certification program that will require developers to update to their technology. The Final Rule also clarified how the healthcare industry can prevent information blocking among healthcare providers, health IT developers, exchanges and health information networks.
Among other elements, the webinar will:
discuss the different types of entities that are subject to the ONC rule
describe updates to the 2015 Edition Health IT Certification criteria and new conditions and maintenance of certification criteria; and
explain the concept of “information blocking” and how ONC intends to enforce it
With a hotly contested presidential election looming in the midst of the pandemic, political ‘discussions’ inevitably arise in the workplace. What should employers do when an employee displays a politically sensitive background on a Zoom meeting, and some employees complain about it? In this month's webinar, we will discuss how to handle these challenging issues, which depend on the workplace laws, the type of workplace (e.g, public or private employer), and the content of the political talk or expression. Please join Procopio Labor and Employment Attorneys Tyler M. Paetkau and Stephenie M. Alexander as they share important guidance on this topic.
Steven Stokdyk and Keith Halverstam, corporate partners at Latham, will discuss cutting-edge issues that their public company clients continue to face during the pandemic, including SEC comment letters, non-GAAP addbacks for disclosure and covenants, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other matters. They will also be fielding questions so bring your difficult issues!
We are living in highly uncertain times driven by the pandemic, economic crisis and political and social change. To keep teams focused, engaged and productive requires new leadership behaviors. Our panel of general counsel will share their experiences of leading during this time of change and uncertainty.
Cannabis legalization has thrown California employers into a mire of complicated questions about permissible company cannabis policies. Can California employers maintain drug free policies in light of the legalization of recreational cannabis? What can employers do to maintain safety in the workplace and implement their policies on prohibitions of drug use, consideringthe new laws? Learn the ins and outs of California employers’ rights in the workplace now that cannabis use is legal in California.
How the Bench, Bar, and Media are Addressing the Intersection of COVID-19 and the Social Justice Movement.
The year 2020 first brought stay-at-home orders and unprecedented closures of the court system due to the COVID-19 pandemic, then sustained protests over police treatment of African-Americans. During this extraordinary year, the Bench has grappled with how to maintain access to the courts. The Bar has confronted COVID-related challenges to the practice of law and its role in ensuring equal access to justice. Finally, Media outlets have worked overtime to cover it all while managing unusual new obstacles to newsgathering. Panelists will discuss local efforts to confront these issues from their respective roles as legal community activists, journalists, and law enforcement officials.
With all of the protests and social unrest across the country, and the 2020 presidential election around the corner, California employers should take this opportunity to revisit their policies and guidelines relating to employees’ rights in the workplace and on social media (including remote workplaces). Employers need to consider what approach they will take when responding to complaints or scenarios involving potential political speech or expression. This program will address these issues, and more, to help employers stay compliant with constitutional free speech protections.
The financial impact to suppliers, however, may go far beyond mere non-payment. Suppliers may actually find themselves facing lawsuits seeking the return of payments they’ve already received. Please join Procopio attorney, Wiliam Smelko, for a virtual webinar to discuss crucial steps in how to protect yourself from lawsuits seeking the return of payments they’ve already received, including:
- The “Preference” or “Fraudulent Conveyance” process
- International suppliers of goods, products and inventory to U.S. companies should prepare now
- Get paid promptly for your invoices and keep clear, easily accessible and verifiable records
- And much more!
The trillions of federal dollars being spent under the CARES Act, much of which is flowing through US financial institutions, are sure to be the subject of federal and state investigations for years to come. This program will look at the enforcement landscape for financial institutions in the wake of the CARES Act. Any businesses that participated in, or received relief from, the funding programs under the Act, including the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), will benefit from this presentation.
Topics include
Lessons from the last major government lending effort – the 2008 Troubled Asset Relief Program – which led to thousands of enforcement actions, some of which are still being prosecuted today
What we can learn from recent investigative priorities of the SEC, DOJ and state AGs
The extent and limits of the CARES Act’s protections for financial institutions and businesses that received relief
