Healthcare Providers & COVID-19: Telemedicine, Facility Preparedness, Supply Concerns, Staffing Policies
Ensuring Pandemic Readiness in the Face of Novel Coronavirus
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will guide healthcare counsel on what hospitals and healthcare providers should be doing to prepare for novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The panel will discuss telemedicine options that should be considered or put in place and the associated challenges. The panel will also review CDC guidance and discuss the establishment of response plans. The panel will discuss policies and guidelines for the provider's staff as well as facilities preparedness.
Outline
- Telemedicine requirements
- Response plans and CDC guidance
- Employment policies and staff guidelines
- Preparing for supply concerns
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Challenges for complying with federal and state telemedicine requirements for credentialing and licensing
- Reimbursement rules and policies of private, state, and federal payers
- Staffing challenges and personnel policies in a crisis
Faculty
Sandra M. DiVarco
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery
Ms. DiVarco focuses her practice on the representation of hospitals and health systems. She counsels healthcare... | Read More
Ms. DiVarco focuses her practice on the representation of hospitals and health systems. She counsels healthcare facility and system clients regarding all aspects of health law transactions and health system restructurings. She has a deep knowledge of regulatory, licensing and accreditation issues of particular concern to healthcare providers. She regularly advises clients on the legal aspects of clinical regulatory issues and policy/procedure and operational matters. She is a registered nurse, and holding a current license in Illinois, she brings a pragmatic perspective and first-hand knowledge of health care operations to these complex and mission-critical matters.
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Lisa Schmitz Mazur
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery
Ms. Mazur maintains a general health industry practice, focusing on the representation of hospitals and health systems... | Read More
Ms. Mazur maintains a general health industry practice, focusing on the representation of hospitals and health systems and other health industry providers. She dedicates a significant portion of her practice to advising clients on state and federal laws affecting telehealth, including issues related to physician licensure, prescribing, scope of practice, and reimbursement, and compliance issues related to the use of technology to deliver care.
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Carole A. Spink
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery
Ms. Spink focuses her practice on international and domestic employment law counseling. She advises on appropriate... | Read More
Ms. Spink focuses her practice on international and domestic employment law counseling. She advises on appropriate employment structures, onboarding requirements, employment agreements, handbooks and policies, bonus and commission plans, expats, non-competes, reductions in force and terminations. She has extensive experience handling employment issues in mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, corporate reorganizations, outsourcings as well as post acquisition integration matters. She also advises on cross-border employment compliance.
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