Policy and regulatory changes to the omnibus COVID-19 healthcare staff vaccination requirements
June 5, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a final rule on June 5 addressing changes to healthcare staff COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
The final rule also addresses:
- Additional policy and regulatory changes to the requirements for long-term care (LTC) facilities and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICFs-IID) to provide COVID-19 vaccine education and offer vaccinations to residents, clients, and staff.
- Policy and regulatory changes to the long-term care facility COVID-19 testing requirements.
This final rule removes expired language addressing staff and patient COVID–19 testing requirements for LTC Facilities issued in the interim final rule.
The regulations in this final rule are effective on August 4, 2023.
