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COVID Testing
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Ohio Employer Law Blog
Coronavirus Update 8-5-2020: Who pays for employer mandated COVID-19 tests?
The inevitable has happened. One of your employees has tested positive for COVID-19. You do what you're supposed to do. You clean and sanitize your workplace. You communicate with your…
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
Time for nursing homes to pay for staff tests, Maryland and other states say
Imagine in an alternate world in which it is not the poor and ravenous Oliver Twist who implores the world for more porridge, please. Instead, think of the “poor me”…
Health Care Law Today
COVID-19: FDA Issues Template for Over-the-Counter At-Home Testing
By Kyle Y. Faget, David L. Rosen, Nathan A. Beaver, Paul Joseph
As the U.S. continues to struggle to make COVID-19 tests available for symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals, FDA’s position regarding COVID-19 test standards is evolving. The FDA’s pivot is possibly a…
Health Law
Required Coverage of COVID-19 Testing for Essential Workers in California
On July 17th, the California Office of Administrative Law (“OAL”) approved an emergency regulation (effective until January 14, 2021) from the California Department of Managed Health Care (“DMHC”) that specifies…
The Employer Report
Employee Testing for COVID-19: What Works Now for Your Worksite?
With a surge in COVID-19 cases in parts of the US (and some states taking or considering taking a step backwards into a prior reopening phase), employers are trying to…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
COVID-19 Testing No Longer Generally Recommended for Discontinuing Isolation, CDC Says
By Richard Gerakitis, Andrew Henson, Emily Schifter, Tracey Diamond
Q. Have there been any changes to the CDC Guidance on testing? A. Until late July, the CDC offered a test-based or symptom-based strategy to govern the timing of “discontinuing…
Health Care Law Matters
Costs for COVID Tests – The Buck Stops Where?
Widespread testing for the novel Coronavirus is generally recognized as an important tool in combating the spread of the virus. The World Health Organization is an advocate for broad testing,…
Cruise Law News
Without COVID-19 Testing, New Protocols for German Cruise Lines Are Doomed to Fail
By Jim Walker
Crew Members on AIDA and Mein Schiff Ships Test Positive for COVID-19 Two German cruise lines, that were intended to be prototypes for the reopening of U.S. based Carnival Corporation…
Health Law Prof Blog
Access to Lifesaving Medical Resources for African Countries: COVID-19 Testing and Response, Ethics, and Politics
Matthew Kavanagh (Georgetown University), Ngozi A. Erondu (Chatham House), Oyewale Tomori (Nigeria Academy of Sciences), Victor Dzau (National Academy of Medicine), Emelda A. Okiro, Allan A. Maleche (Kenya Legal and…
Health Care Law Today
COVID-19: FDA Clears Path for Test to Screen Asymptomatic Individuals
The difficulties in accessing laboratory testing and securing prompt results present continuing challenges in the fight to control COVID-19. With scarce availability, there have been some attempts to limit tests…