On December 28, 2021, CMS announced that it would resume enforcement of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare providers in areas not covered by injunctions issued by federal courts. As of December 15, 2021, federal...more
1/5/2022
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Last Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear oral arguments on January 7, 2022, regarding the legality of two federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates issued under the Biden administration. The justices will be...more
On Wednesday, December 15, 2021, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the federal government’s petition for a stay pending appeal of the preliminary injunction issued by a federal district court in Louisiana that...more
12/22/2021
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On November 4, 2021, the Biden administration published two new rules governing employers with 100 or more employees and healthcare workers at hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities that participate in Medicare and...more