By Lisa English Hinkle While the COVID-19 virus surges and possibly re-surges in states all around us, Kentucky’s cautious management of this crisis has created opportunities for healthcare providers to ease back into business and shift into recovery. Whether Kentucky can continue to contain the virus is uncertain, but as healthcare providers retool and spend…
HIPAA’s privacy rule exceptions in light of COVID-19
By Lisa English Hinkle While the HIPAA Privacy Rule protects the privacy of patients’ health information (PHI), it is balanced to ensure that appropriate uses and disclosures of the information still may be made when necessary to treat a patient, to protect the nation’s public health and for other critical purposes. First, it is important…
Attorneys from Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice join McBrayer, expand Louisville offering
McBrayer announced an addition to the Louisville office, combining the talents of seven attorneys from the firm Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice to bolster the strength and reach of their Louisville offices and expand their footprint in the commonwealth. Attorneys from both firms have complementary practice areas, with extensive experience in healthcare, employment, estate planning,…
Use these three questions to assess effectiveness of your corporate compliance program
By Sarah Hines In April 2019, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Criminal Division, issued a guidance document entitled “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs.” This guidance updates standards the DOJ utilizes to investigate, charge and negotiate criminal charges related to corporate crimes. Although the DOJ recognizes that each company has its own set of…
A physician’s guide to employment contracts
By Christopher Shaughnessy As hospitals and health systems continue moves toward clinical integration, more physicians are being employed by hospitals and health systems rather than practicing medicine in their own private practices. The trend toward direct hospital employment of physicians accelerated after 2012 and it appears that the trend will continue as both hospitals and physicians navigate…
Corner Office: Meet Lisa English Hinkle, Member and Health Law Department Chair at MMLK
Fast Facts Hometown: Bowling Green, Kentucky Family: Husband: Tom; Children: Emily, Jane Lyle, Spears, and Anne Archer; Pets: Bella dog, Abbie dog and visiting dog CISCO. Hobbies: A little golf, lots of exercise—group exercise—Cycle You and Crossfit Zone are favorites, cooking and entertaining. As president of the Paris-Bourbon County YMCA, I spend quite a bit of…
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