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Course Information
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    On-Demand

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

  • work Practice Area

    Health

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Thursday, April 16, 2020

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

$297.00
CLE
ALL

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.

Faculty

Sandra M. DiVarco
Partner
McDermott Will & Emery, LLP

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, LLP

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, LLP

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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Description

Hospitals and healthcare providers are encouraging patients who have or may have COVID-19 to use telemedicine technology to seek medical care, especially if their symptoms are mild. However, providers must still comply with all the federal and state law requirements for credentialing, privileging, and licensing, the standard of care, scope of practice, and more. Further, reimbursement rules add another layer of complexity to telemedicine.

Hospitals and healthcare providers also must consider other issues related to preparedness for which the CDC has provided some guidance. Among these issues are staffing and personnel policies, infection control practices, supplies and potential shortages, and reporting of exposure.

As the number of COVID-19 cases grows in the U.S., hospitals, healthcare providers, and their counsel should have plans in place to provide care and avoid potentially infecting other patients while ensuring compliance with healthcare laws, including telemedicine requirements.

Listen as our authoritative panel of healthcare attorneys examines what hospitals and healthcare providers should be doing to prepare for 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 and facilities preparedness to treat patients with symptoms of COVID-19.

Outline

  1. Telemedicine requirements
  2. Response plans and CDC guidance
  3. Employment policies and staff guidelines
  4. 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