As stated in our previous client alert, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) set compliance dates for the vaccine mandate in all of the states where the injunction had been lifted, which became official for...more
1/20/2022
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After tumultuous weeks in litigation and appeals, the United States Supreme Court unblocked the CMS Vaccine Mandate on January 13, 2022. The court battles are not over, but the CMS Vaccine Mandate will go into effect while...more
1/17/2022
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For regulated health care entities in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina,...more
1/4/2022
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In the never-ending saga of the vaccine mandate imposed for health care workers by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), the government had a favorable result today. CMS suspended its vaccine mandate pending...more
12/16/2021
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Health & Life Sciences 12/03/21 Sarah E. Coyne, Jon R. Kammerzelt, Rachel L. Dykema In the continuing drama of the vaccine mandates by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), CMS has taken a step back, giving...more
12/6/2021
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Health care workers (employees, volunteers, trainees, and contractors) in 10 states may have a reprieve from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandate which was placed on hold by a federal district...more
12/1/2021
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As we described in our recent client alert, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently mandated that (almost) all health care workers in federally regulated facilities are vaccinated, pursuant to a...more
11/15/2021
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