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As Hall Render discussed here and here, on November 4, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) simultaneously released vaccine mandate rules. These, along with the federal contractor vaccine mandate, will require a majority of the American workforce to be vaccinated by January 4, 2022. Since then,…Read More

CMS issued the CY 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule on November 2, 2021, to include some minor expansion of coverage for telehealth services. Importantly, the general statutory coverage restrictions related to rural areas and defined originating sites will again be in place following the end of the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”) unless Congress…Read More

On November 4, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) released its highly anticipated new Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) requiring companies with 100 or more employees to mandate vaccination of their employees. In addition to the OSHA ETS, CMS simultaneously released its Interim Final Rule (“IFR”) regarding COVID-19 vaccination for covered facilities that receive federal…Read More

On November 4, CMS released its Interim Final Rule (“IFR”) requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for individuals working in Medicare- and Medicaid-participating facilities, as well as individuals working in certain other settings involving face-to-face interactions with patients.  The IFR requires all clinical and non-clinical personnel working within a Medicare and Medicaid participating facility or other applicable setting…Read More

On September 30, 2021, the Departments of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Labor and Treasury and the Office of Personnel Management (collectively, the “Departments”) published the second interim final rule implementing certain provisions of the No Surprises Act (“Part II of the IFR”). Part II of the IFR addresses key aspects of the No Surprises…Read More

On September 30, 2021, the Departments of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Labor, and Treasury and the Office of Personnel Management (collectively, the “Departments”) published the second interim final rule implementing certain provisions of the No Surprises Act (“Part II of the IFR”). Part II of the IFR addresses key aspects of the No Surprises…Read More

There are currently a number of restrictions regarding international travel due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This has led to the blanket recommendation to advise your foreign national employees to refrain from departing the United States or they risk being abroad for longer than anticipated, which can ultimately affect their U.S. employment. This recommendation over…Read More

As Hall Render detailed last month, President Biden announced the need for new COVID-19 vaccination rules. An Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”) from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) will require vaccinations or weekly testing for employees of employers with 100 or more employees. We also noted that CMS announced its intention to issue an…Read More