CMS Not Shifting Vaccine Mandate Requirement, But Encourages Boosters

CMS’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers hasn’t changed to require boosters, but the agency “strongly encourages” workers to voluntarily get those shots, a CMS spokesperson tells Inside Health Policy. The stance comes as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pivots to emphasize those eligible need to get boosters to be up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines even though CDC isn’t revising its definition of fully vaccinated. The CMS health care vaccine mandate rule’s definition is...