As COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues to impact companies, Altchiler LLC has established an inter-disciplinary COVID-19 Task Force in support of our clients’ short and long-term legal needs.
We realize many of you are dealing with issues you have never encountered before. Over the past several weeks, we have fielded questions from clients related to how COVID-19 impacts them legally. We have also been monitoring the rapidly-changing regional executive orders that are impacting so many of our clients’ lives and businesses.
Our attorneys remain available and stand ready to help. Please contact Altchiler LLC with any questions you may have.
If you suspect a problem, please call or e-mail one of our specialists now. Our attorneys know how to help your facility navigate concerns, manage legal obligations, and address potential risks to your business.
Health care providers are on the front lines whenever there is an infectious disease outbreak and COVID-19 (coronavirus) is no different. The virulence of COVID-19 and its global pandemic status present unique challenges and stressors, as providers strive to treat patients, manage their potentially diminishing work force and address public health concerns amid increased protocols, supply chain disruptions and the privacy obligations of state, federal and international law. Further, employers that sponsor self-insured health plans face unique challenges given their access to employees’ protected health information (PHI) held not as an employer, but due to their status as a covered entity under the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act of 1996, as amended (HIPAA).
If customers can’t find it, it doesn’t exist. Clearly list and describe the services you offer. Also, be sure to showcase a premium service. Health care providers are on the front lines whenever there is an infectious disease outbreak and COVID-19 (coronavirus) is no different. The virulence of COVID-19 and its global pandemic status present unique challenges and stressors, as providers strive to treat patients, manage their potentially diminishing work force and address public health concerns amid increased protocols, supply chain disruptions and the privacy obligations of state, federal and international law. Further, employers that sponsor self-insured health plans face unique challenges given their access to employees’ protected health information (PHI) held not as an employer, but due to their status as a covered entity under the Health Insurance Portability and Accessibility Act of 1996, as amended (HIPAA).
Our COVID-19 Task Force includes members of Altchiler LLC’s Health Care Practice Group who are helping providers and other covered entities tackle the legal challenges that these circumstances present. The issues we are addressing include:
The coronavirus pandemic is a nightmare for nursing homes, their staffs, residents, and their families. While we know much less about them, the situation is likely similar for Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) and other residential care for older adults.
As of March 30, more than 400 of 15,000 US nursing facilities had an outbreak of coronavirus—among residents, staff or both— according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There are indications, however, that those reports dramatically understate the situation. Minnesota, one of the few states publicly disclosing outbreaks in care facilities, reported 42 facilities with COVID-19 on April 4. This despite a relatively low infection rate among its overall population.
It is likely that COVID-19 is far more widespread in US facilities.
As the world is reshaped by the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, many industries will experience a transformation. Once the dust settles, the legal landscape will definitely look different.
One thing is certain: when the immediate crisis of the pandemic abates, life will be different.
The COVID-19 pandemic will likely spawn an outbreak of litigation, as the disease impacts and disrupts nearly every aspect of the economy. New disputes will emerge from a wide spectrum of areas, including products liability, mass and toxic torts, insurance coverage, employment, white-collar, securities law, intellectual property, commercial contracts and class actions.
The attorneys at Altchiler LLC have the industry-specific litigation experience needed to help clients pursuing or facing litigation in the aftermath of COVID-19. We are exceptionally well-suited to large-scale litigation and national coordinating counsel positions having taken the lead in these roles in the past.
For more information, contact a member of the Altchiler LLC legal team or the attorney at the firm with whom you are in regular contact and schedule a call.
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