UPDATE: Vaccination Mandates – Contractors and Healthcare Providers
The various legal challenges to the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate agenda continue to work their way through the legal process. This week, federal courts halted both the: Vaccine mandate of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) applicable to...
Medical and Prescription Drug Costs Reports Due by December 2022
On Nov. 17, 2021, the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Treasury (Departments) released an interim final rule requiring health plans and issuers to report information regarding the cost of prescription drugs and certain medical...
OSHA Suspends Vaccination Mandate
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today via its OSHA ETS homepage that it “has suspended activities related to the implementation and enforcement of the ETS pending future developments in the litigation.” This announcement was...
Federal (Sub)Contractor Vaccination Mandate Update
On November 10, 2021, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force (“SFWTF”) updated its Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors and its FAQs for contractors subject to the new vaccination mandate. Notably, the update includes an extension for the deadline to be...