Lashly & Baer attorney, Stuart J. Vogelsmeier, commented on the potential impact on healthcare providers of the FTC’s proposed regulation that would ban non-compete agreements. Here is the link to the story which appeared on January 11, 2023 in Healthcare Dive.
Friday, December 23, 2022 (St. Louis, Missouri) – Attorney Andrew R. Bramman and Riley J. Brown have joined Lashly & Baer, P.C. as associates. Andrew R. Bramman holds a J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law and practices in the areas of Land Use, Urban Development, Environmental Law, and Municipal Law. Prior to joining the firm, Andy worked for the St. Louis County Counselor’s office, handling municipal court dockets, administrative appeals, and civil Read more
Congratulations to Lashly & Baer attorneys Kenneth Brostron and Lisa Stump for being named to the 2022 Missouri Lawyers Weekly Power List for Education Law.
Earlier in 2022, Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) area offices were charged with conducting follow-up inspections directed at hospitals and skilled nursing facilities that had been cited for violating Covid-19 safety requirements at the height of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. Under the initiative, OSHA sought to devote a full 15% of these inspections per region to nursing home and assisted living communities. OSHA’s goal was to mitigate the spread of Read more
St. Louis, Missouri (November 15, 2022) A total of 14 Lashly & Baer, P.C. attorneys have been honored by Super Lawyers. A total of nine lawyers were selected for inclusion in the 2022 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list. They are Michael R. Barth, Kenneth C. Brostron, Julie Z. Devine, Patrick E. Foppe, Kevin L. Fritz, Terrance J. Good, James C. Hetlage, Stephen G. Reuter, and Stuart J. Vogelsmeier. Each year, no more than Read more
St. Louis, MO, United States, Lashly & Baer, P.C. attorney James P. Reinert was recently recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” for Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments. Receiving Read more
For those hospitals and their departments affected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) outpatient prospective payment system (“OPPS”) mid-build audits, the saga has been long and convoluted. In early 2021, CMS and Cahaba Safeguard Administrators (“CSA”) announced that many hospitals had failed the mid-build audit, and would owe significant amounts back to CMS by virtue of the voluntary overpayment return statute. Given most hospitals’ understanding that these mid-build audits were required Read more
A recent United States Supreme Court decision clarified the mens rea requirements for the prosecution of doctors accused of illegally prescribing controlled substances pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act. In prosecutions under 21 U.S.C. § 841, the Government now must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a doctor knowingly or intentionally prescribed a controlled substance outside the usual course of professional practice. In the consolidated cases of Ruan v. United States, two medical doctors Read more
Missouri health care providers, namely OB/GYNs and emergency medicine physicians, are facing the daunting challenge to determine in real time whether a “medical emergency” exists to perform an abortion under the state’s new statutory scheme. The stakes are at an all-time high. Providers have a duty to their patients to “do no harm,” yet also face the very real prospect of facing criminal liability and even the loss of their professional license for performing Read more
Attorney Shannon C. King shares her experience on the difference between “Equality and Equity in Practice and in Life” with the Diversity and Inclusion section of the Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly, Second Quarter 2022, Volume 32, Number 2, ISSN-1094-9542. To read Shannon’s full article click here.
