by Karen McKeithen Schaede | Aug 2, 2021 | Business Law, Health Care Law, News
Can my employer make me get a vaccine? Do I have a constitutional right to refuse to get a vaccine? What happens if I refuse to get the vaccine? These and other questions were posed to Attorney Karen McKeithen-Schaede by Fox 8 News. Click the link to read and...
by Karen McKeithen Schaede | Jul 15, 2021 | Health Care Law
As health care organizations are becoming more dependent on digital systems to store patient information, the risk of cybersecurity is escalating. Therefore, a trend of “standard of care” has emerged that requires the attention of healthcare leaders. Standard...
by Karen McKeithen Schaede | Jun 3, 2021 | Health Care Law
Information blocking is a practice by a health care provider, health information network, or health information exchange that they know, or should know, will likely interfere with, prevent or materially discourage access, exchange or use of electronic health...
by Karen McKeithen Schaede | May 10, 2021 | Health Care Law
Requiring employees to be vaccinated so as not to pose a significant risk to the health or safety of others in the workplace through potential exposure to or spread of the COVID-19 virus is a permitted employer practice. The Americans with Disabilities Act...
by Karen McKeithen Schaede | Apr 5, 2021 | Health Care Law
Here are a few highlights of the Coronavirus Relief Bill called The American Rescue Plan, which was passed and signed into law on March 11, 2021. Aid to the unemployed was expanded by the federal government through the extension of $300-per-week unemployment...
by Karen McKeithen Schaede | Mar 9, 2021 | Health Care Law
On January 21, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published proposed changes to HIPAA and HITECH. This was done to promote the push to value-based healthcare by making sure healthcare providers and health plans can better coordinate patient...
