Following Thursday’s Supreme Court decision in Biden, et al. v. Missouri, et al., No. 21A240; and Becerra, et al. v. Louisiana, et al., No. 21A240 (Jan. 13, 2022) the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare’s (“CMS”) requirement...more
1/17/2022
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Yesterday afternoon, the US Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision resolving the conflict between the various Circuit courts and upholding the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare’s (“CMS”) requirement that any healthcare...more
1/14/2022
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For the third time in as many weeks, providers were handed conflicting decisions from two different federal appellate courts: the Fifth Circuit reversed the nationwide ban except in the 14 states named in the District...more
12/17/2021
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Just days after the two federal courts issues preliminary injunctions against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandate for health care workers, the agency published a memorandum announcing that it...more
12/8/2021
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Providers have, once again, been left in a tenuous position after two federal courts issued orders blocking the previously-issued vaccine mandate from taking effect less than a week before its first effective date. ...more
12/2/2021
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Since COVID-19 strong-armed its way to the forefront of the US media in March 2020, we’ve seen hundreds, even thousands of news stories, opinion pieces, and agency reports on related topics ranging from its impact on schools...more
12/11/2020
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On October 16, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) announced a partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), the Department of Defense (“DoD”), and pharmacy retailers, CVS and...more
10/30/2020
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