Nursing homes care for one of the most vulnerable populations in the country, yet have borne the brunt of a harsh reality over the past two years and counting. Even while pandemic-related death rates decrease, staffing...more
Immediately after blocking OSHA’s “shot or test” ETS, the Supreme Court held Thursday that the CMS vaccine mandate can be enforced by a 5-to-4 margin. This effectively removes the injunctions that had been blocking...more
Perhaps no workplace law issue has generated more controversy in recent memory than the battle over the Biden administration’s vaccine rules currently being waged at the Supreme Court. The good news? By accelerating the...more
1/3/2022
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Note: This CMS Rule refenced in this Insight is separate and distinct from the OSHA ETS that was issued on November 4. Thus, although the CMS Rule could also be challenged in court, the November 6 court order blocking...more
11/9/2021
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President Biden just announced a directive to the Department of Health and Human Services to require nursing homes mandate the COVID-19 vaccine of all employees or lose Medicare and Medicaid funding. Responding to the...more
In shrewd consideration of the healthcare industry’s unique acute care settings, states, localities, and individual hospitals across the nation have prioritized efforts to increase vaccination rates among healthcare workers....more
With the ongoing and largely successful national vaccine rollout, the path to some semblance of normalcy seems within Summer’s grasp. However, many employers across the country find themselves swimming in costly and prolonged...more
As the weather warms amid the dawning of a new chapter in our country, national vaccine distribution is underway (albeit admittedly haphazard) and the light at the end of the tunnel shines brighter in 2021. As the virus...more
2/1/2021
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As the virus wreaks havoc in the United States with an indefinite increase in hospitalizations and deaths, the number of Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspections has surged across the nation. Many of these...more
11/3/2020
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Employers in the healthcare industry are no strangers to change. After all, you are constantly adapting to cutting-edge medical technologies to improve and expand patient care, reform health inequities, advance care...more