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COVID-19 Vaccination & Testing Mandates Suspended

On December 2, 2021, CMS released a memorandum from the Quality, Safety & Oversight Group (QSOG) and Survey & Operations Group (SOG) stating that CMS has “suspended activities related to the implementation and enforcement of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff  Vaccination pending future developments in the litigation. Accordingly, while these…

COVID-19 Vaccine Policy

Home health and hospice agencies are at a higher demand, now more than ever, for protecting their patients and staff from COVID-19. Currently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized two vaccines for public use in December 2020 and a third in February 2021.