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Preview of Things to Come? Lawsuit Challenges Employer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Access to COVID-19 vaccines continues to expand in the United States, and employers are navigating many questions about employee vaccinations and return to work. Current polling shows a substantial number of workers are hesitant about getting the shots or may refuse to be vaccinated against the virus. Now, a New Mexico employee has filed what …

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Corrections to errors made by Medicare systems April 1

Medicare systems corrected three errors on April 1 affecting the payment of CY2021 claims. The errors were: Claims spanning January 1 were applying CY2020 rates in errorLate Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) penalties were not applying to outlier amounts Late RAP penalties were being applied after the Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) adjustment when the VBP adjustment should …

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What Is the FAMILY Act?

The Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act was reintroduced in Congress in 2021 and is known as S. 463 and H.R. 1185. The Act has been introduced repeatedly during legislative sessions for the past 7 years but has yet to progress. The FAMILY Act strives to create paid time off at a portion of …

Home Health

American Jobs Plan includes $400B for home care

Home care could see a significant increase in federal spending if Congress approves the $2 trillion economic package offered by President Joe Biden on March 31. If approved as introduced, the American Jobs Plan would include $400 billion “toward expanding access to quality, affordable home- or community-based care for aging relatives and people with disabilities,” …

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Nursing home visitations ease as vaccine rollout continues

When the COVID-19 pandemic began sweeping the nation in March 2020, CMS placed a ban on nursing home visitations, and for the past year, most facilities haven’t allowed indoor visits to residents. As COVID-19 cases decline in nursing homes across the U.S., CMS has eased the restrictions for visitations. As of mid-March, more than 3 million doses of vaccines have been administered to nursing homes.