The new test case for vaccine mandates? New York home care workers may show the way
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 28, 2021
New York soon may become the bellwether on how unvaccinated home care workers will respond to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Rural COVID-19 vaccination campaign seeks help from home health agencies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 27, 2021
The National Rural Health Association is calling on home healthcare agencies to help it mitigate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural America.
Vaccine mandates affecting home health workers likely to spur more legal challenges
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 21, 2021
The federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate affecting home healthcare workers is likely to draw a number of legal challenges, especially when it comes to medical and religious exemptions.
GAO questions states’ recent HCBS fiscal and caregiving practices
By
Liza Berger
Sep 17, 2021
Amid all the talk about vaccination mandates, an interesting document has emerged that offers a reminder of the extent to which COVID-19 has upended the world of home- and community-based services.
Vaccine mandate brings relief to home care agencies but raises questions
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 13, 2021
President Biden’s vaccine mandate for workers at healthcare agencies receiving Medicare and Medicaid was the kind of good news Louisiana home care agencies needed.
Biden offers last word on COVID-19 vaccination mandates
By
Liza Berger
Sep 10, 2021
With COVID-19 rates worsening, the fall season projected to be severe and many workers still relentlessly reluctant to get vaccinated, a universal vaccination mandate, the administration felt, had to be...
AMA president calls for public COVID-19 vaccination mandate
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 07, 2021
The president of the American Medical Association is calling for mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for the public.
Mandate overreach? Rhode Island offers cautionary tale
By
Liza Berger
Sep 03, 2021
It seems to me that we could use a standardized healthcare policy regarding mandates right about now.
FDA advisory panel set to meet on COVID-19 booster shots
Sep 02, 2021
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold a key advisory panel meeting on COVID-19 booster shots on Sept. 17, a mere three days before the Biden administration plans to begin offering third shots...
Rhode Island vaccine mandate sends some home care workers to the exits
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 02, 2021
Rhode Island’s shortage of home care workers is about to get even worse.