Equal-opportunity burden. Legal order for Florida hospital could mean new hiring rules on top of health reform hurdles for thousands of healthcare providers
Carlson, J.
Modern Healthcare 40(49): 6-7 1
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-7480 PMID: 21246977 Document Number: 647296
A judge's decision that a Florida hospital is a federal subcontractor because it provides care through the military's Tricare program has put the industry on alert. Hospitals fear they'll be forced to to jump through lots of hoops to comply with federal rules regarding hiring. "Many of the substantive obligations that are sought to be imposed ... are already fully applicable to hospitals through state and other federal laws," says Curt Kirschner, left, a lawyer with Jones Day.