On May 15, 2020, FBMJ attorney Brian Whitelaw presented during a live webinar town hall meeting, “COVID-19 Town Hall: Legal and Financial Aspects of Restarting Your Clinical Practice,” hosted by the Society for Vascular Surgery. Brian joined a panel of 5 professionals, including vascular surgeons from the Mayo Clinic, University of Minnesota, and University of Pennsylvania, as well as a plaintiff’s medical malpractice attorney. A replay of the webinar is available for viewing.
The webinar covered the spectrum of legal and financial challenges faced by vascular surgeons as they restart their clinical vascular services as businesses begin reopening in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the topics addressed were (i) liability pertaining to vascular surgery case prioritization, (ii) resource allocation and coordination, (iii) state and federal immunity laws, (iv) issues pertaining to elective vascular procedures, and (v) medical record documentation.
The Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) is a not-for-profit professional medical society, composed primarily of vascular surgeons, that seeks to advance excellence and innovation in vascular health through education, advocacy, research and public awareness. SVS is the national advocate for more than 5,800 specialty-trained vascular surgeons and other medical professionals who are dedicated to the prevention and cure of vascular disease.
Please contact attorney Brian Whitelaw at 734-742-1798 for more information.
June 2020
Attorney Brian Whitelaw Featured Speaker at Society for Vascular Surgery Webinar Town Hall Meeting
On May 15, 2020, FBMJ attorney Brian Whitelaw presented during a live webinar town hall meeting, “COVID-19 Town Hall: Legal and Financial Aspects of Restarting Your Clinical Practice,” hosted by the Society for Vascular Surgery. Brian joined a panel of 5 professionals, including vascular surgeons from the Mayo Clinic, University
June 2020
More Businesses Allowed to Open But Must Be Compliant
The start of June brings further relaxed restrictions in the State of Michigan as the Governor announced an end to the Stay at Home orders applicable to most Michigan businesses. This is the Governor’s recognition of the State’s overall improvement in combatting COVID-19, correlating with improved tracing efforts, health system
June 2020
Free Webinar: Are you Ready? COVID-19 Infectious Disease Plans & Michigan Law
As businesses across Michigan take steps to reopen after the COVID-19 shutdown, they must consider a range of issues in order to make their workplaces safe and comply with various rules and regulations. On Wednesday, June 10 at 11 a.m. ET, Foley Baron, Metzger & Juip attorneys Ben Fruchey and Nick
June 2020
Executive Order 2020-104 Authorizes Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, and Nurse Practitioners to Establish and Administer COVID-19 Testing Services With Proper Safety Protocols in Place
Governor Whitmer’s Executive Order (EO 2020-104, the “Order”) aims to help prevent the further spread of COVID-19 by enabling additional types of qualified medical professionals to order and administer COVID-19 tests. The Order encourages the establishment of community testing locations by reducing barriers to siting and staffing such test sites.
May 2020
Federal Courts Issue Rulings on 1st Amendment Rights During COVID-19
Most state governments have responded to COVID-19 with executive orders and laws that restrict the public from certain activities, including religious assembly. Such limitations on activities protected by the First Amendment have resulted in a flurry of lawsuits – at least one that reached the Supreme Court – alleging First
May 2020
Executive Order 2020-86 Relaxes Restriction on Telemedicine for Physicians Certifying Medical Marihuana Patients
The ill effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have touched all aspects of American commerce, and the doctor-patient relationship is no exception. Immuno-compromised patients, those with pre-existing conditions, and even the healthy are forgoing doctor visits of all kinds, likely out of fear of contracting the virus. In the first three
May 2020
Executive Order 2020-97 Requires Michigan Companies to Develop a COVID-19 Infectious Disease Plan by June 1, 2020, Or Within Two Weeks of Resuming In-Person Work
Governor Whitmer has built upon prior executive orders and clarified the process for returning to “in-person” work in Michigan via Executive Order 2020-97 (the “Order,” available here). The Order requires that by the later of June 1, 2020, or within two weeks of resuming in-person work, any company operating in
May 2020
Executive Order 2020-77 Emphasizes the State’s Requirement for COVID-19 Specific Preparedness Plan to Protect In-Person Workers
It should now be clear to business owners that a return to in-person work will require employers in Michigan, as well as much of the rest of the country, to implement a COVID-19 preparedness and response plan prior to workers returning to in-person work. These plans are mandated regardless of
April 2020
Governor Whitmer Mandates Employers Develop COVID-19 Preparedness Plans To Perform “In-Person” Work
On April 24, 2020, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued Executive Order 2020-59 (the “Order”), which extends the Stay-at-Home timeframe to May 15, 2020, and expands the universe of workers allowed to return to work outside the home. Key to the Order is the requirement that businesses with any employees working in-person
April 2020
FBMJ Announces the Promotion of Six Attorneys to Partners
Foley, Baron, Metzger & Juip, PLLC, is pleased to announce promotions of six attorneys to partners, effective April 1, 2020. “We congratulate our new partners for having earned this well-deserved professional achievement through their hard work on behalf of our clients,” said Clyde Metzger, one of the founding partners of the