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CMS Sets New Deadline to Comply With Vaccine Mandate for Providers in 25 States and DC
By Susan McNear Fradenburg & Terri Harris on
To assist health care providers that will soon be required to enforce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued guidance on December 28, 2021 regarding updated timelines for compliance and available enforcement remedies.
As noted in our December 16, 2021 alert, the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim…
CMS Vaccine Mandate Takes Effect in 26 States as Fifth Circuit Alters Scope of Nationwide Injunction
By Terri Harris & Susan McNear Fradenburg on
A nationwide injunction that prevented a health care worker COVID-19 vaccine mandate from taking effect has now been narrowed by a federal appellate court to apply only in the states involved in the lawsuits against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
As outlined in our prior alert, a federal judge in Louisiana…
Nationwide Injunction of CMS Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers Issued by Louisiana Federal Court
By Susan McNear Fradenburg & Terri Harris on
In a preliminary injunction issued on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, a federal judge in Louisiana temporarily blocked the implementation and enforcement of an interim final rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that would require employees of Medicare and Medicaid certified health care providers and suppliers to have an initial COVID vaccine…
Federal Judge Blocks CMS Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers in 10 States
By Terri Harris & Susan McNear Fradenburg on
In a preliminary injunction issued on Monday, November 29, 2021, a federal judge in Missouri blocked the implementation and enforcement in 10 states of an interim final rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that would require employees of Medicare and Medicaid certified health care providers and suppliers to have an initial…
CMS Sets Compliance Deadlines, Issues Details for Health Care Staff Vaccination Mandate
By Susan McNear Fradenburg & Terri Harris on
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule, requiring vaccination of all staff at health care facilities that participate in the Medicare & Medicaid programs, regardless of responsibility or patient contact.
The following summarizes who must abide by the regulations and…
Health Care Professionals Are Key Targets in COVID Aid-Related Fraud Prosecutions
By Edward J. Cyran on
This post is a courtesy of Fox Rothschild attorneys Matthew D. Lee, Esq. and Marissa Koblitz Kingman, Esq., and was first published as an alert on Fox’s website.
The U.S. Justice Department’s COVID-related health care fraud crackdown continues to intensify. On a single day in September 2021, the Justice Department announced criminal charges against…
What You Need to Know about Billions in Provider Relief Funds, Phase 3 Distributions and a 60-Day Grace Period
By Susan McNear Fradenburg on
On September 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) offered updates regarding its Provider Relief Fund program, including $25.5 billion in new funding that will soon be made available to health care providers.
Here is what you need to know:
Additional $25.5 Billion in Funding
Starting September 29, 2021, health care…
Houston Methodist Hospital Loses 153 Employees Over Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy
By Salvatore J. Russo on
Approximately ten days after the first federal court decision in the country about mandatory-COVID-19 vaccinations by an employer, Bridges v. Houston Methodist Hospital (the “Hospital”), 153 of the Hospital’s employees were fired or resigned. On June 12th the court dismissed an action brought by a very small cadre of employees of the Hospital to enjoin…
Georgia Nurse Pleads Guilty to Telemedicine Fraud Scheme
By Fox Rothschild LLP & Edward J. Cyran on
A nationwide telemedicine kickback scheme led to fraudulent Medicare reimbursements for durable medical equipment and genetic testing. The full Department of Justice press release can be found here.
Fraudulent Telemedicine Orders
From June 2018 through September 2020, a Georgia Nurse, known as “Nurse Robin,” and her co-conspirators recruited physicians and other medical professionals to…