On this episode of Health Law Talk, Conrad Meyer and Rory Bellina discuss the current and hot topics of health law in 2022. Be on the lookout for exciting episodes dealing with emerging issues in health law including additional mandates related to covid, potential waivers for fraud and abuse, increased autonomy for APPs, more movement to value-based reimbursement and much more. As always, health law talk brings you the latest information and discussion on hot topics in healthcare. Please make sure you hit subscribe and give us that five-star rating. Now you can also sign up for our latest podcast announcements at chehardy.com/podcast

Dr. Alice Hoyt is a board-certified internal medicine, pediatric, and allergy & immunology physician in the Greater New Orleans area.  Her practice, Hoyt Institute of Food Allergy, is located in Metairie, Louisiana, and focuses on an evidence-based family approach to addressing the needs of children and adults dealing with food allergies.   Previously practicing at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Hoyt has now returned to her hometown to open up her new practice by bringing a multidisciplinary approach to her patients and their families dealing with food allergies.   In addition to her practice, Dr. Hoyt created a nonprofit organization, the Teal schoolhouse, that produces and disseminates a program called Code Ana to assist schools and businesses in educating/training their personnel on the identification of anaphylaxis, the emergency response to anaphylaxis and the use of autoinjector epi-pens to deal with allergic reactions.  Currently, the Code Ana program is already involved with multiple states providing this educational material to help schools and businesses alike. We sit down with Dr. Hoyt to get her perspective on her new practice, discuss with her about the need for food allergy medical services for families and individuals, and chat about her nonprofit organization, the Teal schoolhouse and its Code Ana program.

Recently, the United States Supreme Court issued rulings on two different cases involving vaccine mandates: the first case involved the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which mandated that all healthcare workers be vaccinated as a condition of participation for Medicare enrolled providers. The CMS regulation affects all Medicare providers who render healthcare services to Medicare beneficiaries. The second case involved the more widely known OSHA mandate requiring employers with 100 more employees to have all employees including contractors vaccinated. Both cases were widely scrutinized and challenged throughout the lower-level court systems and eventually made it to the Supreme Court of the United States. Ultimately, the United States Supreme Court upheld the CMS mandate but overturned the OSHA mandate. This episode of health law talk takes a deep dive into the specific rulings and discusses the rationale behind the court's rulings in overturning the OSHA mandate while upholding the CMS mandate.  

Dr. Erik Hanson, M.D. is a psychiatry fellow in the New Orleans, LA area. In this episode, we sit down and discuss with Dr. Hanson his specialty, how his patient base has been affected due to COVID-19, and much more!

Rounding out the series on vaccine mandates, this episode discusses the vaccine mandate for Federal Employees. Conrad Meyer, Rory Bellina, and Chris Martin discuss how this mandate is similar (and different) to the OSHA and CMS mandate.

Two of the most prevalent issues in healthcare are transparency and access to care. The direct primary care model attempts to solve these issues by making primary care affordable, transparent, and accessible by allowing patients to contract directly with the primary care physician for a low monthly fee, who in turn does not bill or invoice the patient's insurance company. Therefore, patients can take advantage of a low-cost/transparent primary care model while enjoying the benefits of a primary care concierge type practice. In the latest episode of Health Law Talk, healthcare attorneys Conrad Meyer, Rory Bellina, and Chris Martin sit down with special guest Dr. Karl Hanson, a specialist in Family Medicine and founder of Infinity Health, a direct primary care practice in Kenner, Louisiana, to discuss the direct primary care model, how physician can start a direct primary care practice, the advantages and disadvantages of direct primary care, and the regulatory issues involved in direct primary care.  This episode should not be missed for those who are interested in learning about an alternative model that provides transparency as well as patient access to care.

In this episode of health law talk, Roy Bellina and Conrad Meyer discuss everything that thankful for with respect to the past year relative to health law. To quote Eckhart Tolle, “acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance." Rory and Conrad share their personal gratitude for the positive changes in health law over the year as well as their personal thankfulness for their families and friends.

In the fast-changing world of vaccine mandates, CMS has recently issued its vaccine mandate with respect to the covid vaccine. Interestingly, the CMS vaccine mandate applies to virtually every healthcare provider who participates in Medicare including contractors, employees, independent contractors, volunteers, and other personnel that provide services to those Medicare providers that come into contact with patients. Conrad Meyer, Chris Martin, and Rory Bellina, take a deep dive into the CMS mandate to discuss who is covered, what exemptions apply, how to document compliance with both the mandate and the exemptions, and what penalties Medicare-participating providers will face for noncompliance. Please join us for another exciting episode on a very timely topic in the ever-changing world of vaccine mandates.

OSHA's "Private Employer" Mandate for 100 or more employees has some serious legal, personal, and medical implications. In this episode, we dive into the mandate, what it means, who it applies to, and what employers need to do to get ready.

The legal issues surrounding Covid vaccine mandates change by the minute. Health Law Talk brings experts to the table to unpack how mandates might affect you, your family and your business. This week, Conrad Meyer and Rory Bellina welcome Dr. Joseph Kanter, the Louisiana State Health Officer, and Greg Waddell, Esq., the Louisiana Hospital Association VP of Legal Governmental, and Regulatory Affairs, to weigh in on this ever-changing subject. We’ll look at Louisiana legislative efforts and legal cases as well as the effect upcoming OSHA ETS (emergency temporary standards) may have on private businesses. How might religious or medical exemptions apply? How are Louisiana State courts interpreting these evolving issues?