by PC Editorial Staff | Jul 6, 2022 | HHS, HIPAA, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released guidance on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), clarifying that the HIPAA Privacy Rule still applies to abortion records. In brief, this ensures that protected health...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jun 21, 2022 | State Labor Law, State News, U.S. Supreme Court
Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court (the Supreme Court) ruled in favor of Viking River Cruises Inc. regarding lawsuits under California’s Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA), allowing mandatory arbitration in PAGA claims. The Supreme Court’s decision gives...
by PC Editorial Staff | Mar 1, 2022 | Biden Administration, U.S. Supreme Court, White House
On February 25th, 2022, President Joseph R. Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court (the Supreme Court). Formerly, Judge Jackson had served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C.) Circuit. In addition,...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 25, 2022 | CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Supreme Court, Vaccinations
Between January 14 and January 20th, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released separate guidance for three groups of states regarding the health care worker vaccine mandate. Effectively, the CMS mandate is now enforceable in all 50 states....
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 14, 2022 | CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), U.S. Supreme Court, Vaccinations
In its ruling on January 13th, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) vaccine-or-test emergency temporary standard (ETS). Meanwhile, a separate ruling allowed enforcement of the Centers for Medicare and...
by PC Editorial Staff | Jan 11, 2022 | CMS, Coronavirus (COVID-19), OSHA, U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court (the Court) heard oral arguments on January 7th, 2022, regarding the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) vaccine-or-test standard and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’s (CMS’s) vaccine mandate for...
