Injunction blocking CMS COVID vaccine mandate applies only to 14 states, appeals court says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 16, 2021
After a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction last week barring enforcement of a vaccine mandate for Medicare- and Medicaid-funded healthcare facilities, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New...
Citing staffing concerns, 2 governors ask for ‘relief’ from CMS vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 02, 2022
Republican governors Jim Justice of West Virginia and Glenn Youngkin of Virginia requested “relief” Monday in the form of broader exemptions from the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ vaccine...
3 more states join lawsuit challenging CMS COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 29, 2021
Attorneys general in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio joined more than a dozen states last week in challenging the legality of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ mandate of COVID-19 vaccines for...
EEOC: Employers must accommodate religious objections to COVID vaccine mandates
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 27, 2021
Employers with COVID-19 vaccine mandates must accommodate workers’ “sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances” against such requirements unless doing so would create an “undue...
Biden administration asks Supreme Court for stay from injunctions against CMS vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2021
As lawsuits mount from multiple states, the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court Thursday to reinstate nationwide the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ emergency regulation mandating...
Business briefs, March 27
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 27, 2023
Bill closes ‘loophole’ in provider background checks … USCIS lifts COVID-related flexibilities … Biden’s budget would strengthen Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, HCBS, senator says … ORA...
COVID cases rise among nursing home staff, NIC says; AMDA releases new guidance
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2022
Weekly COVID-19 cases among skilled nursing home staff members and residents set new records earlier this month, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Long-term care, other business groups find exclusion from federal vaccine mandate process ‘disappointing’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 30, 2021
As the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration works to develop and issue a rule for a vaccine and testing mandate announced earlier this month by President Biden, some business...
Business briefs, July 15
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 15, 2021
Integrated social-medical model presents opportunities for assisted living providers: panelists … Healthpeak Properties publishes 10th annual ESG report … ProMedica sues Ohio Department of Medicaid...
Business briefs, July 11
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 11, 2023
CCRC salaries soaring: Nurses still in hottest demand but raises for all moderating … Unemployment rate sees little change at 3.8% in June: BLS … CA Supreme Court backs employers in ‘take-home’...