Becker's Healthcare June 2, 2023
Molly Gamble

The federal government is formally withdrawing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of CMS-certified healthcare facilities that was enacted in November 2021 and moving to treat the virus, from an oversight standpoint, more like the flu.

The Biden administration announced on May 1 that HHS would begin the process to end the COVID-19 vaccine requirement for employees of CMS-certified healthcare facilities. Requirements under the Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination rule were no longer enforced at the end of the day May 11, 2023, the same day the COVID-19 PHE ended, a CMS spokesperson told Becker’s.

While CMS might be done enforcing the rule, it still needs to come off the books. To do so, CMS has issued...

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