Medical Employer's Guide, 18th Ed.
A Guide Explaining the Areas of Employment Law that
Most Directly Affect Medical Employers
ISBN: 9780735592186
Format: Looseleaf in Binder
Last Updated: October 2010
The Medical Employer's Guide is an authoritative employment law manual for managers and personnel administrators in health care facilities, nursing homes, clinics, medical practices, and more. The guide uses an easy-to-read, plain-English format to keep you abreast of issues confronting today’s professional in the health care industry.
Highlights of this edition include these and other topics:
· Recent court cases involving medical employers and wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, the Equal Pay Act, the False Claim Act, overtime, privacy rights in hospital lockers, failure to provide emergency medical treatment, and more.
· New state law discussions on unclaimed wages, medical marijuana use, workplace bullying, immigration, and more.
· New regulations expanding the National Practitioner Data Bank and creating incentives for the use of electronic health records.
· Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding employee privacy and electronic communications, arbitration agreements, and more.
· OSHA regulations covering personal protective equipment standards and proposed changes to the Hazard Communication Standard.
· New federal law requiring employers to provide break time and a quiet place for nursing mothers to express breast milk.
· New section discussing the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which dramatically increases the legal responsibilities of employers with respect to employee health care.
· PPACA provisions concerning health care providers, including provider conscience provisions, Medicare enrollment requirements, and background screening.
The Medical Employer's Guide focuses on federal laws and contains numerous charts detailing state laws. Each chapter includes citations for the laws discussed. Appendices list state and federal agencies, including Internet addresses.
Please note: The price of $339.95 covers the current edition in its binder and one annual update, providing you with two years of vital compliance information. You can rest easy, knowing that when it is time for the next edition, you will automatically receive updated contents to insert in the distinctive Blue Gavel Press binder.