Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that Associate Elizabeth M. Roberson has been elected to serve as the Chair of the Indianapolis Bar Association’s “IndyBar” Young Lawyers Division. Ms. Roberson assumed her new role in December 2021. She has been…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce the promotions of three Partners – Nancy J. Townsend, George C. Lepeniotis, and Fenton D. Strickland. Prior to their Partner promotions, Townsend and Lepeniotis served as Of Counsel, and Strickland as a Senior…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that Partner and Chair of the firm’s Litigation Practice, Libby Yin Goodknight, has been appointed to serve on the Board of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Indiana (APABA-IN). Ms. Goodknight will…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that Partner Kay Dee Baird has been named as the firm's new Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy Practice Group Chair. Ms. Baird has been with Krieg DeVault since 2009, became a Partner with the firm in 2016,…
Krieg DeVault is pleased to announce that the firm has elected long-time Partner Amy J. Adolay to serve on the firm’s 5-member Executive Committee. Ms. Adolay’s two-year term begins January 1, 2022. She replaces Litigation Practice Chair Libby…
On December 27, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) withdrew the non-recordkeeping portions of the Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (“Healthcare ETS”). In its Statement on the Status of the OSHA COVID-19…
Are you getting mixed messages on when you need to start electronically prescribing controlled substances? You’re not alone.
After Congress passed the SUPPORT Act in 2018 requiring prescribers to issue electronic prescriptions on January 1, 2021 for…
1. 1001 Hearing
Last week, the House Committee on Employment, Labor, and Pensions heard testimony on HB 1001. The bill remains largely the same as the preliminary draft discussed at the last hearing in November. It contains language that allows the…
Employers with 100 or more employees may feel whiplash as they once again prepare to pivot in connection with the Biden Administration’s push to implement mandatory vaccination-or-test policies in the workplace. On Friday, December 17, 2021, the…
In this just-in-time CME webinar, experienced health care attorneys from Krieg DeVault, LLP, will discuss the requirements put in…
The Biden Administration’s push for mandatory vaccinations in the workplace has been dealt another blow, this time to the Interim Final Rule (the “CMS Rule”) issued on November 5, 2021 by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”)…
At long last, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued final guidance on hospital co-location with other hospitals and health care facilities (“Final Guidance”). Hospital co-location has been a compliance challenge for many due to…
