On April 22, 2020, President Trump signed an Executive Order temporarily banning from entry into the U.S. for 60 days, any person currently outside the United States who does not...
May 1: All medical procedures that do not require an overnight hospital stay will be allowed to move forward. Procedures that are life threatening, prevent the spread of cancer, have...
Last week, Governor Andy Beshear announced his “Healthy at Work” initiative to reopen Kentucky’s economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthy at Work is a phased approach based on criteria set...
As expected, President Trump approved the second round of funding under the CARES Act on Friday, April 24, 2020, which is set to become active on April 27 at 10:30...
States have difficult choices to make this year regarding the administration of elections while fighting COVID-19 that require a delicate balance. On one hand is the right to vote, which...
Five days after funding for small businesses under the CARES Act was depleted, the Senate approved a new stimulus package with funds totaling almost $500 billion. The new package delegates...
The $350 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), created as part of the CARES Act to assist small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, has been fully committed. A total of...
The Department of Labor has issued interim guidance on COVID-19 as a reportable illness on OSHA logs. Specifically, the guidance states that employers of workers in the healthcare industry, emergency...
It’s a showdown between church and state, with the coronavirus and the U.S. Constitution at the center of it all. A Kentucky church whose members defied Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive...
The federal physician self-referral law, commonly referred to as the Stark Law, prohibits physicians from referring Medicare or Medicaid enrollees to an entity for the provision of designated health services...
