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Long Term Care Update: As Winter Arrives, CMS Renews its Emphasis on COVID-19 Vaccinations, Bivalent Boosters and Timely Therapeutic Treatments

Healthcare Law Blog

Addressing Declines in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and COVID-19 Treatment. A pre-Thanksgiving analysis of this data revealed that just 45% of SNF residents and 23% of SNF staff were up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. [i].

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November 2023 Regulatory Compliance Updates

Verisys

– The best resource for monthly healthcare regulatory compliance updates. Compliance Updates: November 2023 Here is our monthly regulatory update. A big thanks to our compliance team, who monitors state, federal, and international updates. See below for changes from several states introducing legislation. GA BOP Rule 480-2-.06

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June Regulatory Update

Verisys

A big thanks to our compliance team, who monitors state, federal, and international updates. It finalizes requirements to provide education about COVID-19 vaccines, and to offer vaccines to residents, clients, and staff. See below for changes from several states introducing legislation.

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Compliance Implications for the End of the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE)

MedTrainer

That includes many compliance professionals. There are plenty of compliance implications for the end of the Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023 , and an assessment is a great place to start. Many of those are impacted by the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). Hard to believe, huh?

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What is HIPAA Enforcement Discretion?

HIPAA Journal

For example, the Secretary can waive the requirements for out-of-state healthcare professionals to be licensed before being allowed to practice, or exercise discretion when investigating violations of the physician self-referral law (§1877 of the Social Security Act).

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Skilled Nursing Update: CMS Hands Surveyors Details on How to Review the Staff Vaccine Requirement

Hall Render

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has armed surveyors with detailed instructions on how to survey skilled nursing facilities for compliance with the CMS staff vaccine requirements. Policies and procedures related to the skilled nursing facility’s COVID-19 staff vaccination policies and procedures.

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September 2021 State Regulatory Developments

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

252 directing vaccination or testing requirements for workers in health care facilities and high-risk settings. Health care and high-risk congregate settings must retain a policy that requires its workers to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination or complete COVID-19 testing one to two times per week.