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COVID Testing
245 published works
Louisiana Law Blog
CMS Updated Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Healthcare Providers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has issued additional blanket waivers retroactive to March 1, 2020 through the end of the emergency declaration to help healthcare providers contain…
Health Care Law Matters
EEOC Permits Employers to Test Employees for COVID-19 Prior to Entering the Workplace
Hospitals, long-term care facilities, clinical labs, pharmacies, medical practices and dental practices may now test employees for COVID-19 prior to them entering the workplace. Yesterday, the United States Equal Employment…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
COVID Briefing: COVID-19 Testing and Law Enforcement
This COVID Briefing was authored by J. Scott Tiedemann and Paul D. Knothe. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, law enforcement professionals bravely continue to perform their duties and come in…
California Public Agency Labor & Employment Blog
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Issues New Guidance Authorizing Employers to Test Employees for COVID-19
By Meredith Karasch, Alexander Volberding
On April 23, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) issued updated guidance concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Rehabilitation Act and how employers may respond to the public…
The Original Position
SC’s verdict on free Covid-19 tests – from NITI to NYAYA
Ms. Jisha Garg & Ms. Anchal Bhatheja Abstract The order handed out by the supreme court regarding free Covid-19 tests on 8th April wherein it directed the private laboratories to…
Labor & Employment Law Perspectives
Here Comes Mandatory COVID-19 Testing by Employers (But Not for Antibodies)
By Kenneth C. Broodo, Carrie Hoffman
For all the time and effort spent on temperature checking and other anecdotal inquiries for COVID symptoms—and with all its inherent uncertainty given questions about the timing of COVID-19 onset—new Equal Employment…
Healthcare Workplace Update
Guidance Released on Seeking Reimbursement for COVID-19 Testing and Treatment to Uninsured Individuals
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, enacted on March 18, 2020, appropriated $1 billion to reimburse providers for conducting COVID-19 testing for the uninsured. In addition, part of the $100…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
New Federal Stimulus Legislation Provides Funding for Small Businesses, Healthcare Providers, and Coronavirus Testing
By By James J. Plunkett, Michael Oliver Eckard
On April 24, 2020, President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, which will allocate over $480 billion in additional funding for the federal COVID-19 response.
Labor & Employment Law Blog
As America Prepares to Return to Work, EEOC Approves Testing Employees for COVID-19
By Y. Douglas Yang, Justine Phillips
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) updated its guidance concerning COVID-19, affirming an employer’s ability to medically test its employees for COVID-19 before allowing employees to enter the workplace. …
Ogletree Deakins Insights
EEOC Provides Updated Guidance on COVID-19 Testing
Employers continuing to operate as essential businesses under the various state closure orders, or that are now beginning to plan to reopen or return workers as restrictions are scheduled to…