On November 4, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an Interim Final Rule (the CMS Rule) requiring employee vaccinations for certain Medicare- and Medicaid-certified health care providers. The CMS...more
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On May 12, 2020, Gov. Brian Kemp issued Executive Order No. 05.12.20.02, which contains a section specific to health care businesses and practitioners (Section VI). Although the provisions of this section are in part a...more
As you may know by now, the newly enacted Families First Coronavirus Response Act provides that employers may exclude health care providers and emergency responders from taking newly provided paid sick leave or expanded FMLA...more