On November 5, 2021, the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Providers (CMS) printed an interim closing rule that requires vaccinations for sure well being care staff. The rule is restricted to solely these entities who’re surveyed by CMS and have Circumstances of Participation, Circumstances for Protection, or Necessities for Participation within the Medicare and Medicaid applications. Our well being care group lately summarized the rule, and is constant to observe developments on this space.
As well as, our labor and employment group additionally supplied an analogous overview of the brand new Occupational Security and Well being Administration (OSHA) closing rule. OSHA has issued its COVID-19 Emergency Short-term Normal (ETS) for personal employers, which fits into impact on December 5, 2021, although as of this posting, the U.S. Courtroom of Appeals for the fifth Circuit quickly blocked the mandate whereas the courtroom opinions it.
