tci Part B Insider - 2021 Issue Q4
Physician Notes: Feds Mandate COVID Vaccines for Medicare-Certified Facilities
In an effort to curtail the Delta variant and reduce COVID spread, the feds have introduced a new comprehensive vaccination plan — and healthcare workers are among those impacted by the mandates. Read on for the specifics. First: In August, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a staff vaccination requirement for more than 15,000 Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing homes, citing statistics that showed higher staff vaccination rates correlate to fewer residents contracting the virus. Now: On Sept. 9, the White House announced another round of COVID-19 vaccination mandates in its “Path Out of the...
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