Governors lose support in states without COVID vaccine mandates: Survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 19, 2021
As the Occupational Health and Safety Administration prepares to release its emergency temporary standard mandating COVID-19 vaccination for employers with 100 or more workers, some governors are resisting...
Business briefs, Feb. 17
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 17, 2022
Kansas AG says state should seek waiver from federal vaccine mandate for rural healthcare workers … SC governor vows to continue fight against vaccine mandate for healthcare workers … State contracts...
Business briefs, Dec. 7
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 07, 2021
MA judge dismisses all criminal charges against Holyoke Soldiers’ Home administrators … NYC mayor issues vaccine mandate for private companies … Healthcare Association of Hawaii reaffirms...
Business briefs, Feb. 4
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 04, 2022
Sabra Health Care REIT amends master lease with Avamere Group … Bill would ban federal vaccination mandate at New Hampshire LTC communities … Most employers have, or plan to have, workplace vaccine...
Vaccine mandates murky for some assisted living operators
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 02, 2021
With legal challenges to COVID-10 mandates popping up every day, it’s difficult for healthcare providers to know where they stand, and the waters are even murkier for some assisted living operators,...
Business briefs, Jan. 18
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 18, 2022
HHS renews COVID-19 public health emergency … Senior living touts own inoculation efforts after Supreme Court stay on OSHA vaccination mandate … Florida bills would extend COVID-19 liability protections...
Business briefs, Oct. 6
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 06, 2021
Pay, vaccine mandates top reasons for long-term care worker retention challenges: national survey … Assisted living risks ‘being left behind again’ for Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund bonuses, CEO...
16-state coalition seeks to block CMS vax mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 08, 2022
Attorneys general from 16 states asked a federal judge Friday to block the U.S. government from enforcing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate in their respective states...
Federal workers with natural COVID-19 immunity file class action suit
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 09, 2021
Attorneys from the New Civil Liberties Alliance and Austin, TX-based Texas Public Policy Foundation are representing almost a dozen federal workers in a class action lawsuit against their employer, the...
No sign Supreme Court will block COVID-19 vaccination mandates, legal expert say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 15, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday in a 6-3 ruling to hear a challenge to New York’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers on religious grounds, and a legal expert says evidence is mounting that...