By: Mitzi Wyrick
President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan implemented a national strategy to increase vaccination rates. As part of the Plan President Biden signed Executive Orders requiring that executive branch employees and federal contractors and subcontractors be vaccinated. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...
By: Mitzi D. Wyrick
In an attempt to give vaccination numbers a shot in the arm, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) to protect unvaccinated employees of large employers from the risk of contracting COVID-19 in the workplace. Covered employers must develop ...
By: Dan Burke and Liam McMillin
Apparently intent on avoiding the holiday rush, OSHA today issued its COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). Covered employers must comply with all requirements other than testing by December 5, and by January 4 for the testing requirements.
The details of the ETS are too numerous ...
On October 22, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it has issued guidance requiring states to cover COVID-19 treatment without cost sharing for people enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), supported by the American Rescue Plan. This coverage includes treatments and ...
By: Alexa J. Elder
On October 25, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) expanded its technical assistance document to address questions regarding COVID-19 vaccine work-mandates and Title VII religious exemptions. Title VII protects employees from religious discrimination and requires employers to accommodate ...
On October 20, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its amended emergency use authorizations (EUA) for COVID-19 vaccines. The new authorization permits single booster doses of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine that may be administered at least 6 months after completion of the primary series to individuals 65 years of age and ...
The Provider Relief Fund (PRF) portal currently operates under a public health emergency waiver approved by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) wants to continue collecting information from providers on relief fund spending through the PRF portal, even ...
By: Marianna J. Michael
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States, like other countries, banned travel from certain regions due to rapidly rising infection rates. Under the travel ban, travelers who had been in Brazil, China, the European Schengen countries, India, Iran, Ireland, South Africa and the United Kingdom at any ...
UnitedHealth Group has until Nov. 5 to provide the Senate Aging Committee with answers on who and how much it owes to providers after federal investigators confirmed it paid “’millions’ of provider bills 40% less than the Medicare rate for inoculating patients.” According to a Modern Healthcare report, UnitedHealth Group stated that ...
On October 8th, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a Spanish version of its QuestionBuilder app in order to improve health care access and equity for Latinos. The app will help Latino patients who struggle to communicate with their providers due to language barriers prepare for their in-person or telehealth ...