This is the one I am worried about too - this was announced the same day as the OSHA ETS details on Thursday.
CMS: Healthcare workers must get first COVID shot by Dec. 5 to continue Medicare, Medicaid participation: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/hospitals/cms-covid-19-vaccine-issues-emergency-regulation-giving-healthcare-staff-a-dec-5-deadline
From the link:
“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued its promised emergency regulation requiring staff working at healthcare facilities be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of participation in Medicare and Medicaid.
According to an announcement from the agency, healthcare facilities must have a policy in place that ensures all eligible staff have received the first dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine series or a one-dose COVID-19 shot “prior to providing any care, treatment or other services” by Dec. 5. Eligible employees will then need to be fully vaccinated by Jan. 4, 2022.”
Yes, there isn’t even a testing option for that one.
From what I’ve been reading, the mandate against healthcare workers is not the same thing. Healthcare workers will be required to take the jab by January 4th or lose their job ....unless something happens between now and then.