Home Health & Hospice Week

The clock is ticking.

UPDATE: On Jan. 13, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ vaccination mandate rule and struck down the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s mandate ETS. For more information, see the upcoming issue of Home Care Week.

Don’t let ignorance of the regulation trip up your compliance effort with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ staff vaccination mandate.

Important source documents to glean all the vaccination rule’s details include:

• CMS’ 73-page vaccination mandate rule: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-11-05/pdf/2021-23831.pdf
• CMS’ Dec. 2 survey memo with revised due dates: www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-22-04-all.pdf
• CMS’ surveyor guidance: links to Dec. 28 memo and provider-specific attachments at www.cms.gov/medicare­provider-enrollment-and-certificationsurveycertificationgeninfopolicy-and-memos-states-and/guidance-interim-final-rule-medicare-and-medicaid-programs-omnibus-covid-19-health-care-staff-0
• CMS’ 14-page Frequently Asked Question set on the vaccination rule, last updated Dec. 28: www.cms.gov/files/document/cms-omnibus-covid-19-health-care-staff-vaccination-requirements-2021.pdf
• the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Frequently Asked Questions on COVID-19: www.eeoc.gov/wysk/what-you-should-know-about-covid-19-and-ada-rehabilitation-act-and-other-eeo-laws