Study Up On Vaccination Mandate Details With These Documents
Don’t forget EEOC guidance matters too. Ignorance of the regulation and related guidance is no excuse for tripping 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
