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Continued From Page 54 workers , scientists and researchers are candidates for employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visa applications . NPZ continues to be busy filing cases with USCIS to ensure continuity of stay for highly skilled medical professionals serving in the national interest ( National Interest Waiver ). Additionally , H-1B , E-2 , O-1 and other immigrant visas , including the EB-5 Investor Visa , will help generate jobs for US workers . Best practices amidst a national crisis , such as the COVID‐19 pandemic , require high-level thinking and creative methods for bringing scientists and innovators to the United States from all over the world .
Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP By Khaled J . Klele , Esq ., Health Care Partner
When COVID‐19 was declared a pandemic , we helped our healthcare clients get their telemedicine programs up and running , drafted COVID‐19 consent forms , developed reopening programs , assisted our urgent care clients in obtaining the correct COVID‐19 testing equipment and established testing protocols . As we pass the one-year mark from the start of the pandemic , the guidance we are currently giving our clients is one of optimism . Our number-one advice to clients is
“ We also advised our clients on their reporting requirements under the Provider Relief Fund and guided them in applying for loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program .”
to seriously consider taking the vaccine if they have not already done so , to prevent business interruptions and to protect their health . We are providing this advice because many practices had to shut down , sometimes multiple times , when someone from the office contracted COVID‐19 . Similarly , we guided our clients through the registration process with the New Jersey Immunization Information System so they may obtain the vaccine for public distribution . We also advised our clients on their reporting requirements under the Provider Relief Fund and guided them in applying for loan forgiveness under the Paycheck Protection Program to ensure that they did not have to pay these funds back . Our second-most important advice has been to finally take a vacation . We all need it .
Wilentz , Goldman & Spitzer , P . A . By Grace D . Mack , Esq ., Shareholder , Co-Chair , Health Law Team
An area where we have been guiding clients through the significant changes brought about by COVID‐19 is telehealth . During the pandemic , telehealth visits became more acceptable to patients and increased substantially . Although we provided telehealth-related advice even before the pandemic , since the onset of COVID‐19 we have been helping many healthcare providers navigate the transition from face-to-face services to virtual clinical services and , specifically , the relaxation of the HIPAA and licensing rules and regulations surrounding telehealth and the expansion of reimbursement for telemedicine visits . Recognizing the importance to be proactive in understanding clients ’ evolving needs during the pandemic , our firm activated the Wilentz Coronavirus Legal Response Team and Resource Center to help clients to stay abreast of key developments and the legal impact of COVID‐19 on their practices . The response from clients and users has been very positive , and we were pleased to be selected as one of the nation ’ s top 15 law firm coronavirus resource centers by leading law firm digital agency Good2bSocial .
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