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2402, 2023

The Benefits of Offering an EAP

By |February 24th, 2023|

Practices are constantly looking for ways to better connect with employees. Engaged employees are more loyal, productive, and create a better experience for patients. Besides offering traditional benefits, retirement options, and paid leave, there are some simple engagement tools available that can have a significant outcome for both the practice and the employees. One of the most effective and [...]

811, 2022

2023 FAMLI Program Notice – For Colorado Employers

By |November 8th, 2022|

Colorado clients, it’s time to familiarize yourselves with the new 2023 Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance (“FAMLI”) program.  Way back on November 3, 2020, Colorado voters approved a measure creating the FAMLI program, which requires that contributions to the program begin on January 1, 2023 for benefits that will begin paying out in 2024.  All Colorado employers will default [...]

1401, 2022

Vaccine Mandate(s) Update

By |January 14th, 2022|

Dear Client, The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday struck down the Biden Administration’s OSHA-based vaccine mandate for employers of 100 or more employees.  The majority ruled that OSHA had exceeded its authority when it issued the vaccine mandate, concluding that OSHA has authority only “to set workplace safety standards, not broad public health measures.”  This decision from the Supreme Court [...]

2112, 2021

Washington Cares Fund

By |December 21st, 2021|

UPDATE - 12/21/2021 Just over a week ago we sent you an update regarding the Washington Long-Term Care Tax, also called the Washington Cares Fund (the “Fund”), which was set to go into effect on January 1st. The Fund is a program that provides long-term care benefits to eligible employees from a trust fund into which employees pay. Well, [...]

112, 2021

Update to the CMS Vaccine Update

By |December 1st, 2021|

In yesterday’s Vaccine Mandate Litigation update, I noted that another hearing filed in a federal court in Louisiana was scheduled for December 3rd.  It appears that, rather than waiting for that hearing to take place, the court decided to enter its order ahead of time, ruling that the Biden Administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (the “CMS”) federal [...]

3011, 2021

CMS Vaccine Mandate Litigation

By |November 30th, 2021|

Dear Client: On Monday, November 29th, a federal district court in Missouri granted an injunction against the Biden Administration’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (the “CMS”) federal vaccine mandate, which was to apply only to Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities (i.e., all facilities over which the CMS has regulatory authority and are therefore subject to the CMS’s health and [...]

1911, 2021

Clarification of the Recent Vaccination Update

By |November 19th, 2021|

Dear Client, There appears to be just a slight amount of confusion about exactly what medical facilities are covered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”).  In short, it applies only to Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities, i.e., all facilities over which the CMS has regulatory authority and are therefore subject to the CMS’s health and safety regulations.  [...]

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