Tag: providers
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FTC Bans Employment Non-Compete Provisions – Healthcare Implications Aplenty
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule effectively, banning non-compete agreements, provisions, etc. for employees, including executives. The final rule contains separate provisions defining unfair methods of competition for the two subcategories of workers. Specifically, the final rule provides that, with respect to a worker other than a senior executive, it is…
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Staffing, Compliance, and Litigation Risk
Not sure how many folks caught this brief article in McKnight’s….The article link is just below. https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcknights.com%2Fnews%2Fplaintiffs-lawyers-gaining-edge-against-nursing-home-with-staffing-issues%2F%3Futm_source%3Dnewsletter%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3DNWLTR_MLT_DAILYUPDATE_0329823%26hmEmail%3DIjP1GPaY%252BJ2uvsLxTJ79bVeRWY7ycbnr%26sha256email%3Daa4cb7c695037c31a216b9562788596b6fcd012145d566f31440b6fcd139c8a9&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cbc9c24d5cbe1440a07e908db314a2be7%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638157966865063653%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=nvzAvsPBAwKo34DvYAWOf%2Fo5C0URgGaP4msv1jIubGk%3D&reserved=0 Post COVID, all of health care faced a seismic shift in staffing levels. COVID caused wide-spread disengagement in a labor force (clinical) already stressed in numbers. Retirements, especially of nurses, exploded. As COVID abated and the economy began…