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Recap & Recording: CORONAVIRUS WORKFORCE WEBINAR

Client Alert
April 23, 2020

BMD Employment and Labor Member, Jeffrey C. Miller shared employer updates related to FFCRA, COVID-19 and the Paycheck Protection Program - and gave participants an idea of what to expect in the coming weeks and months as America begins to reopen. Click here for an audio recording of the presentation.

For more information, contact any of the L+E team members monitoring Employer updates regularly. Alerts, webinars, questions, comments - email Workforce@bmdllc.com.

  • Jeffrey Miller – FFCRA Leave Policies & RIF/RIC
  • John Childs – Workplace Precautionary Measures
FFCRACARES Actre-engaging workforceCOVID-19PPPpaycheck protection programEmergency Paid Sick Leaveemergency child care leavereduction in payWorkers' Compensation
Client Alert

Corporate Transparency Act: Business Owners Must Act Now

July 10, 2024The Corporate Transparency Act requires all reporting companies to file their Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) report by year-end to avoid penalties. Companies formed before January 1, 2024, have less than six months to comply. Learn more in a client alert by BMD Member Blake Gerney.Client Alert

New Medicare Billing Rules: What MFTs, MHCs, and IOP Providers Need to Know

July 9, 2024Starting January 1, 2024, Medicare began covering services provided to Medicare beneficiaries by marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) services. With this change, Medicare has become the primary payer for these services.Client Alert

Chevron Doctrine No More: What the Supreme Court’s Ruling Means for Agency Authority

July 2, 2024On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court invalidated the Chevron doctrine, nearly 40 years after it first took effect.Client Alert

Ohio Board of Pharmacy Update: Key Regulatory Changes and Proposals You Need to Know

June 26, 2024The Ohio Board of Pharmacy (BOP) has rescinded certain OAC rules (OAC 4729:5-18-01 through 4729:5-18-06), removing regulations on office-based opioid treatment (OBOT) clinics. The rescissions took effect on June 3, 2024. The BOP also published a new rule, OAC 4729:8-5-01, which sets explicit reporting guidelines for licensed dispensaries and became effective on June 7, 2024.Client Alert

LGBTQIA+ Patients and Discrimination in Healthcare

June 6, 2024In early April, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a study outlining the challenges that LGBT adults face in the United States related to healthcare. According to the study, LGBT patients are “twice as likely as non-LGBT adults to report negative experiences while receiving health care in the last three years, including being treated unfairly or with disrespect (33% v. 15%) or having at least one of several other negative experiences with a provider (61% v. 31%), including a provider assuming something about them without asking, suggesting they were personally to blame for a health problem, ignoring a direct request or question, or refusing to prescribe needed pain medication.”
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