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• So What Can Oregon and Washington Employers Do Now That The Supreme Court Ruled?

  January 18, 2022 Now That the Supreme Court Struck Down the OSHA Vaccine-or-Test Mandate, Can I Require Employees to be Vaccinated? Yes, private employers can choose to mandate vaccines, or a vaccine-or-test regime, for their companies. Both Oregon and Washin...
  By John M. Stellwagen & Heather J. Van Meter
  

• Health Plans Required to Pay for Over-the-Counter COVID-19 Tests

  January 13, 2022SUMMARY Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Department of Labor, and the Treasury (the “Tri Agencies”) published guidance outlining that health plans and health insurance companies must cover and/o...
  By Christine M. Zinter
  

• U.S. Supreme Court Issues Stay of OSHA’s Private Employer Vaccine-or-Test Mandate; CMS’s Medicare/Medicaid Vaccine Mandate Survives

  January 13, 2022Private Employer Vaccine-or-Test Mandate Stay Issued – Employers Do Not Need to Comply with OSHA Rule but Still Comply With State Laws The Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated ruling today, staying and putting on hold the private emp...
  By Heather J. Van Meter