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COVID-19

Employers have options despite nationwide halt to CMS vaccine mandate

A Louisiana federal district court has issued a nationwide injunction barring the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. How We Got Here On Monday, November 29, a federal judge in Missouri enjoined the CMS from enforcing the vaccine mandate. The court, however, limited the injunction’s …

Home Health

Surveyors instructed to hold off on vaccine enforcement

With court orders barring enforcement of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, CMS has told state survey agencies that they must not survey providers for compliance with the requirements of the interim final rule. Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination was published Nov. 5, 2021, with expectations that the first phase of the …

Home Health

CMS issues reminder on skilled nursing and therapy services in home health

CMS is reminding providers that Medicare covers skilled nursing care and skilled therapy services under the home health benefit when a beneficiary needs skilled care to maintain function or to prevent or slow decline. The reminder was included in the weekly MLN Connects newsletter on Dec. 2, 2021. To qualify for skilled care, the beneficiary …