As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many clients are feeling a sense of urgency about implementing a new or updated will, trust, power of attorney, health proxy or other estate planning vehicle. An understandable concern is how to safely implement such a plan while still abiding by social distancing guidelines. In both New York…
The Senate passed the corona virus stimulus package, which includes $130 billion for “Primary Health Care”, under which hospitals will receive $130 billion for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. Given that elective procedures are being cancelled by patients across the county, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other facilities have seen…
Effective October 9, 2018, New York State mandated that all employers adopt a sexual harassment policy and provide annual sexual harassment training for all employees. The deadline to complete the mandatory training for this year is October 9, 2019. If you have not done so already, you must either adopt the model New York State…
We are pleased to announce Jonathan Bardavid has joined Daniels, Porco & Lusardi, LLP as a partner. Daniels, Porco & Lusardi is a mid-Hudson Valley general practice law firm serving clients across New York and Connecticut, with offices in Pawling, NY; Carmel, NY; and Westport, CT. Jonathan will focus his practice on labor and employment…
We are pleased to announce that Edward Freer has joined Daniels, Porco, & Lusardi. Ed will focus his practice on commercial and residential real estate transactions, in addition to estate planning and family law. He graduated from Pace University School of Law in 2002 and is admitted to practice in New York State. Ed previously worked…
If you are a New York healthcare provider and you have received a letter from an insurance company alleging that you have been overpaid for certain services, you should understand your rights under the law. The New York Insurance Law provides protections to healthcare providers and sets limitations on the scope of recoupment efforts by…
David E. Daniels, Managing Partner at Daniels, Porco & Lusardi, LLP was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, 25th edition in the field of Health Care Law. Daniels has been recognized on the list since 2012. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally…
The teleradiology market is exploding. The global market was valued at $1.99 billion in 2016 and it is estimated to reach $8.2 billion by 2024, according to a report by Grand View Research, Inc. North America comprised 40% of the overall market in 2015, according to the report. Teleradiology enables rapid diagnoses and allows specialists…
Rep. Peter J. Roskam (R-IL) is clearly adamant about taking some action that he stresses is imperative to safeguard the health care industry against crushing regulatory challenges of the highest order. Here’s the problem, Roskam asserts: Health professionals are flailing under an onslaught – relentless and growing – of burdensome and often nonsensical regulation. The…
Large medical companies ranging from pharmaceutical entities to device manufacturers know that incoming litigation is a distinct and sudden possibility at any time. Indeed, America’s leading health care businesses suffer lawsuit-linked threats in a manner perhaps unparalleled in any other industry. The company 3M knows all about that. In fact, the device maker has been…