On November 5, 2021, the Facilities for Medicare and Medicaid Companies (CMS) printed an interim ultimate 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 Situations of Participation, Situations for Protection, or Necessities for Participation within the Medicare and Medicaid applications. Our well being care group not too long ago summarized the rule, and is continuous 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) ultimate rule. OSHA has issued its COVID-19 Emergency Short-term Commonplace (ETS) for personal employers, which works into impact on December 5, 2021, although as of this posting, the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the fifth Circuit quickly blocked the mandate whereas the courtroom evaluations it.
