Since we first explained the CMS vaccine mandate (the Interim Final Rule (IFR) from the Centers from Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that requires COVID-19 vaccinations for all staff at covered ...

A more detailed explanation of the CMS Rule can be found here. Basis for the legal challenges The plaintiff states in these lawsuits contend that the vaccine mandate was carelessly enacted as a ...

“And while, according to CMS, the effectiveness of the vaccine ... and the Biden administration faces legal challenges to other vaccine mandates the federal government has sought to implement.

A vaccine mandate just means that if you don ... But the Supreme Court did allow a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate to go into effect. It requires health care workers ...

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UPDATE: June 1, 2023: The CMS on Wednesday issued a final rule lifting the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers in healthcare facilities that receive federal funding as soon as early August.

“CMS should now update (the Rules of Participation ... of nearly 60 healthcare groups that on July 26 called for vaccine mandates. The American Health Care Association has not issued a similar ...

In November 2021, CMS announced a vaccine mandate requiring facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding to ensure staff are vaccinated against COVID-19, save for medical or religious ...

The Delta variant remained prevalent in November 2021 when CMS issued the vaccine mandate but was on the way to being supplanted by the far more transmissible Omicron and its subvariants. By December, ...