Healthcare Talk Draws Big Crowd

Roanoke law firm Woods Rogers seminar on the effects of healthcare legislation on local companies before a crowd that represented more than 50 companies yesterday at the Claude Moore Center.

WR’s attorneys studied the 1,017-page legislation and shared their insight to professionals who will have to deal with the legislation in real terms. The Department of Health and Human Services will provide oversight of the new healthcare system and since many of the regulations come from various agencies, the process will be somewhat piecemeal.

Some changes kicked in immediately, said presenters. The effective dates of many of the regulations aren’t until 2014 and nearly every provision has already been amended in some way. It's a huge piece of legislation to implement and execute.

A training session on OSHA record-keeping is scheduled for July 14.

(Photo by Susan Ayers.)