Tenet is preparing for potential lawsuits from patients claiming they caught the coronavirus at one of its hospitals. A New York nursing union is suing hospitals claiming inadequate protection for workers on the front lines. Providers are grappling with a host of novel legal concerns like these as they treat patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic, leading them to seek protections from various levels of government. From decisions over what qualifies as elective surgery to navigating near-daily CMS updates and fears of doctors claiming unsafe working conditions, doctors and hospitals have little precedent to go on. Provider groups are pushing Congress to include some immunity for those treating COVID-19 patients in relief legislation. The four bills signed into law so far have only extended protections for medical volunteers.
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