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Join Quarles & Brady's informative webinar to help employers understand and prepare for the requirements outlined in OSHA's COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) Interim Final Rule, including the latest updates on the legal challenges underway. Given the imminent December 5th deadline, learn more about the important steps employers should take now to make decisions and plan to ensure compliance.
Who Should Attend: This session is designed for HR professionals, in-house counsel, executives, compliance officers and hiring managers. Quarles & Brady reserves the right to limit or restrict attendance to the program.
CLE: Quarles & Brady will apply for 1.0 hour of continuing legal education credit. All participants seeking CLE credit must complete and return the electronic CLE form provided in the seminar's dashboard materials.
NOTE: The Impact of COVID-19 on Continuing Legal Education:
Live Seminar/Webinar: Please note, to best comply with safety recommendations regarding COVID-19, many state bar offices are closed or operating with reduced staffing. This is anticipated to cause significant delays in approval for CLE accreditation. The processing time for course approval is estimated to take between 8-16 weeks.
HRCE: A Certificate of Attendance is provided in the webinar dashboard materials for HR professionals who self-report continuing education.
This webinar is complimentary.
Questions? Please contact Katie Morris at katherine.morris@quarles.com or (312) 715-5268.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Division of Tribal Affairs, in collaboration with the CMS Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ), will host an All Tribes Call on the Interim Final Rule (IFC) requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligible staff at health care facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs.
Background: On November 4, CMS published an IFC with comment period (CMS-3415-IFC) requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligible staff at health care facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs. The IFC aims to protect those fighting this virus on the front lines while also assuring individuals and their families that they will be protected when seeking care. For more information about the IFC, please see the press release.
A complete list of Medicare and Medicaid certified providers and suppliers is described in the IFC. It includes hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, critical access hospitals, clinics, and federally qualified health centers. Facilities covered by this regulation must establish a policy ensuring all eligible staff have received:
The regulation also provides for exemptions based on recognized medical conditions or religious beliefs, observances, or practices. Facilities must develop a similar process or plan for permitting exemptions in alignment with federal law.
The purpose of this All Tribes Call is for CCSQ staff to provide an overview of the IFC and to answer any questions that Tribes might have. Please remember that, for comments to be considered, written comments must be submitted pursuant to the requirements published in the IFC.
View the IFC with comment period.
View a list of frequently asked questions.
Thursday, November 18th at 7:00 pm ET/4:00 pm PT
En Confianza: Talking About Fertility and the COVID-19 Vaccines
Parents or parents-to-be, do you worry about getting a COVID-19 vaccine? Join En Confianza: Talking About Fertility and the COVID-19 Vaccines, a series hosted primarily in Spanish by La Red Hispana and the We Can Do This campaign. Tune in at www.facebook.com/LaRedHispana.