The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued guidance and separate compliance deadlines for 24 of the 25 states in which the CMS vaccination mandate was enjoined before last week’s Supreme Court decision lifting...more
1/24/2022
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After operating in limbo for a little over two months, Medicare/Medicaid certified facilities across the country now know one thing for certain—the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Interim Final Rule mandating health...more
1/17/2022
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On December 28, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued long-awaited guidance regarding how it intends to enforce its Interim Final Rule mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for certain health care workers. The rule,...more
1/12/2022
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On December 22, the California Department of Public Health issued an order that requires health care workers working at certain facilities to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to receive boosters by February 1 unless...more
On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction that had been granted on November 30, temporarily blocking the vaccine mandate issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...more
12/17/2021
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On Monday, a federal judge in Missouri issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Biden Administration vaccine mandate that applies to certain recipients of Medicare and Medicaid funds. Monday’s injunction applied only in...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued an interim final rule requiring that all staff working in Medicare- or Medicaid-certified facilities be vaccinated against COVID-19. The rule took effect on Friday and...more
11/9/2021
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Compliance is required by September 30.
As a result of COVID-19 outbreaks related to unvaccinated health care workers, the California Department of Public Health has issued two significant orders. The first order,...more
9/21/2021
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