CMS changes quality measure set for home- and community-based services
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 15, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced changes to the quality measure set for home- and community-based services and described reporting requirements for Money Follows the Person grant...
Are seniors and their caregivers going to get a COVID booster? This AI tool already knows.
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 21, 2024
A new tool uses AI to evaluate how likely an individual is to get a COVID booster shot based on demographic characteristics.
US mpox cases rising again as vaccinations lag
Mar 28, 2024
Mpox cases are climbing again in the United States, with the number of reported infections now twice as high as they were at this time last year, new government data shows.
Texan has contracted H5N1 bird flu; CDC calls threat to public ‘low’
Apr 01, 2024
An unnamed person in Texas had been diagnosed with the H5N1 avian flu after close contact with infected dairy cattle, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday.
Judge presses pause on New York vaccine mandate
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 04, 2021
Unvaccinated New York healthcare workers have scored a temporary win against the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Ruling strikes down vaccination mandate, but industry experts say it won’t help with hiring
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 30, 2023
A New York court ruling striking down the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers won’t have much of an impact on senior living providers who continue to face a workforce crisis,...
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...
US to drop most COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week as emergency ends
May 02, 2023
White House COVID-19 coordinator Ashish Jha said the goal now is to continue to encourage vaccinations.
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.
As COVID-19 vaccine mandate challenges play out, assisted living providers are stuck in ‘doughnut hole’...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 02, 2021
A federal COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate was hit with another lawsuit Monday, which challenged the government’s authority to issue such a mandate and called the mandate a “gross abuse” of government...