Except that the role of the CMS, as established by congress, is to set the guidelines of care and standards of participation for providers who opt to accept Medicare and Medicaid patients.
They set rules for everything from how many hospitals can be owned by a single entity, to what sorts of qualifications are required for hospital administrators, to what types of medical orders are allowed to be given to patients. Their explicit charter is to ensure Medicare and medicaid patients are cared for and their health is looked after. From that lens, requiring a vaccination that reduces the likelihood that one of those patients is infected with a potentially deadly disease (particularly deadly for those on Medicare, given the demo), is eminently reasonable.
And the administrator is confirmed by congress. If this regulation was about almost anything else, this would be a nothingburger
They set rules for everything from how many hospitals can be owned by a single entity, to what sorts of qualifications are required for hospital administrators, to what types of medical orders are allowed to be given to patients. Their explicit charter is to ensure Medicare and medicaid patients are cared for and their health is looked after. From that lens, requiring a vaccination that reduces the likelihood that one of those patients is infected with a potentially deadly disease (particularly deadly for those on Medicare, given the demo), is eminently reasonable.
And the administrator is confirmed by congress. If this regulation was about almost anything else, this would be a nothingburger