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In conjunction with the Biden administration’s declaration that the COVID-19 national public health emergency ended effective May 11, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it would “soon end”...more
Following the May 1 White House announcement that the federal government would wind down certain remaining COVID-19 vaccination requirements, on May 31, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final...more
The New York State Department of Health (the “Department”) announced on May 30, 2023, that “it has begun the process of repealing the COVID-19 vaccine requirements for workers at regulated health care facilities.”...more
The New York State Department of Health (DOH or Department) recently announced changes to the Healthcare Worker Bonus (HWB) Program that expand employer eligibility and include additional job titles for the program. The...more
In early August, the New York State Department of Health (DOH) announced and opened the New York Health Care Worker Bonus (HWB) Program, which provides $1.2 billion dollars in health care worker bonuses to eligible employees....more
Winstead Shareholder Corinne Smith speaks to Dr. Prathibha Varkey, President of The Mayo Clinic Health System. Corinne and Prathibha talk about the inspiring work of caregivers and frontline workers during the ongoing...more
On February 18, 2022, the New York Department of Health issued a press release stating that to avoid potential staffing issues and to allow NY healthcare workers more time to become boosted against COVID-19, the booster...more
In a February 14, 2022, press release, The Joint Commission (Joint Commission) announced that it began surveying affected facilities for compliance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) interim final rule...more
On December 28, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that it will begin enforcement of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as set forth in the Interim Final Rule published on November 5, 2021, in...more
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
While the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Rule (“CMS Vaccine Requirement”) heads to the Supreme Court, CMS will resume enforcement in the half of U.S. states not...more
On December 28, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality, Safety and Oversight Group released a memorandum (QSO-22-07-ALL) providing guidance and details on survey procedures for assessing and...more
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it will enforce the COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule in the 25 states, District of Columbia, and territories in which the healthcare...more
On December 22, 2021, the California Department of Public Health (“CDPH”) issued an order requiring workers in health care facilities to receive booster vaccinations to help combat COVID-19. Health care workers must receive...more
Three circuit court decisions issued in the past two weeks have considered the CMS vaccine mandate, bringing the issue – and similar vaccine mandate lawsuits – to the Supreme Court in the final weeks of the year. The CMS...more
For the third time in as many weeks, providers were handed conflicting decisions from two different federal appellate courts: the Fifth Circuit reversed the nationwide ban except in the 14 states named in the District...more
There have been significant developments in the legal challenges brought against the interim final rule of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS rule”), which requires vaccination of all healthcare workers at...more
The Fifth Circuit has found that the nationwide injunction of the CMS vaccine mandate issued by the Western District of Louisiana should be narrowed to apply only to the 14 states involved in the Louisiana lawsuit. This comes...more
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
Healthcare providers in Colorado must be cognizant of multiple rules relating to vaccine mandates for their employees. While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) interim final rule (“CMS vaccine mandate”)...more
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
Manatt has been monitoring the various legal challenges related to New York State’s health care personnel vaccination mandate (“NYS vaccination mandate”). As an important update, the Department of Health (DOH) has updated the...more
On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Omnibus Staff Vaccination Rule, mandating that all Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities regulated under Medicare health and safety...more
On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued heavily anticipated emergency regulations requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligible staff at health care facilities that participate in the...more