On January 14, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced updated compliance deadlines for the November 5, 2021 Interim Final Rule (IFR) requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for covered health care staff. Baird Holm previously reported on the Supreme Court’s decision to lift the injunction against CMS’s vaccine […]
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Many commentators called this one correctly. Today, the Supreme Court lifted the injunction that had blocked the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from enforcing the November 5, 2021 Interim Final Rule (IFR) requiring health care entities subject to the rule to ensure their workforce (including contractors) were either […]
On January 13, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much anticipated decision on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for employers with 100 or more employees. The Court stayed enforcement of the rule. The Court blocked the mandate on the […]
Baird Holm Partner Amy Erlbacher-Anderson was featured in the Marketplace Morning Report “Foreign-born nurses may be less likely to walk away from their jobs.” During her interview with Meghan McCarty Carino, Amy discusses the challenges workers are facing getting immigrant visas and the massive backlog for interviews on applications that […]
Congratulations to Baird Holm Partner Michael W. Chase on his selection to serve on the 2022 Executive Committee for the Nebraska State Bar Association’s Health Law Section. View the full list of officers for the NSBA Health Law Section here: https://bit.ly/3qELaTr
