Search for: "CMS Health Care Provider" Results 361 - 380 of 2,688
Sort by Relevance | Sort by Date
RSS Subscribe: 20 results | 100 results
29 Dec 2021, 9:46 am by Jennifer Parent
In addition to OSHA issuing the ETS, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for eligible staff at health care facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. [read post]
23 Dec 2021, 10:55 am by Larry S. Perlman and Kate L. Pamperin
After months of uncertainty, speculation, and numerous contradictory district and circuit court rulings, a Supreme Court announcement on Wednesday evening (December 22) has brought employers hope that the new year will bring certainty as to whether or not they are bound to follow the OSHA ETS (for those with 100 or more employees) and the CMS vaccine rule (for staff of many Medicare- and Medicaid-certified health care providers). [read post]
20 Dec 2021, 6:19 am by Margaret (Peg) O'Brien
  McLane Middleton will continue to provide updates on each of the federal mandates – OSHA ETS, Federal Contractor, and CMS Healthcare Provider – as new developments occur. [read post]
19 Dec 2021, 3:08 am by Jon L. Gelman
Accordingly, Medicare is obligated by statute to recover conditional payments it made for medical care related to the settlement. [read post]
18 Dec 2021, 2:43 pm by Kirsten B. Mooney
District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, enjoining the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from enforcing its rule mandating that Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and health care facilities ensure its staffers are vaccinated from COVID-19. [read post]
16 Dec 2021, 6:37 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
The post Health Care Worker Vaccine Mandate Reaches the Supreme Court appeared first on Reason.com. [read post]
16 Dec 2021, 8:17 am by Daniel
They also focus on all the factors that affect the open divorce issues such as the health of each spouse, the ability to care for children, any sacrifices one spouse made to help the other spouse advance his/her career, and many other issues. [read post]
15 Dec 2021, 3:17 pm by Taylor Appling and Kara Schoonover
The CMS vaccine rule -- which applies to the staff of many Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers such as hospitals, long-term care facilities, home-health agencies, and hospices (“covered entities”), and which has dominated news headlines in recent weeks (see our prior posts on it here and here) – is back in action, at least in some states. [read post]
15 Dec 2021, 11:37 am by Jonathan H. Adler
  The post Fifth Circuit Narrows Injunction Against CMS Vaccine Mandate for Medicaid and Medicare Providers appeared first on Reason.com. [read post]
Note that if an employer contracts with a health care provider to perform COVID-19 testing onsite at the workplace, it is likely that the health care provider is testing under a CLIA certificate with the workplace being a temporary testing site as permitted by CMS guidance during the public health emergency. [read post]
Note that if an employer contracts with a health care provider to perform COVID-19 testing onsite at the workplace, it is likely that the health care provider is testing under a CLIA certificate with the workplace being a temporary testing site as permitted by CMS guidance during the public health emergency. [read post]
10 Dec 2021, 10:50 am by James W. Ward
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also published its rule on November 5, 2021, requiring full COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers at facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. [read post]
9 Dec 2021, 1:55 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
The post Will Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers Be First to Reach the Supreme Court? [read post]
8 Dec 2021, 1:54 pm by Hanna May
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a nationwide suspension of its vaccine mandate for health care workers. [read post]
8 Dec 2021, 12:51 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
" I am not sure I am persuaded on this point, but this a far more serious argument than was offered in the Louisiana decision enjoining the CMS vaccine requirement for health care workers. [read post]
Of additional note, in the Missouri Court case, Judge Schelp separately opined that a CMS vaccine mandate might be appropriate in long-term care facilities, but that CMS lacked sufficient evidence to support the Rule as to other health care providers. [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 9:23 am by Jill Vorobiev and Amy Harwath
Overview of the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act The Act was first passed in 1977 and was meant to protect from discrimination health care workers who participated in, or refused to participate in, the delivery or receipt of health care services that were “contrary to their conscience. [read post]
Of additional note, in the Missouri Court case, Judge Schelp separately opined that a CMS vaccine mandate might be appropriate in long-term care facilities, but that CMS lacked sufficient evidence to support the Rule as to other health care providers. [read post]
1 Dec 2021, 7:38 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
The post CMS Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers Enjoined Nationwide appeared first on Reason.com. [read post]
The reason for the mandate, as quoted in Judge Douglas’ decision, was to “protect the health and safety of individuals providing and receiving care and services . . . and [under] CMS’s broad authority to establish health and safety regulations, we are compelled to require staff vaccinations for COVIS-19 in these settings. [read post]