Mandatory Vaccine Announcement Causes Confusion Among Home-Based Care Providers

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Outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that all of the state’s health care workers are now required to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus by Sept. 27. The announcement specifically listed nursing home, “adult care,” long-term care facility and hospital workers as those who must receive vaccinations by that date. While adult care […]

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Vaccine mandate brings relief to home care agencies but raises questions

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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. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages across the Bayou State, vaccination rates against the virus continue to hover around 40%. Warren Hebert, Home Care Association of Louisiana CEO, told McKnight’s Home Care Daily many agencies wanted […]

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Home-Based Care Providers Face Major Losses Ahead of Vaccine Mandates

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Home-based care agencies all across the country are racing toward – or already moved past – effective dates of vaccine mandates in their respective areas. And as they continue staff-education efforts internally while following outside legal challenges to mandates, providers are struggling to keep workers who refuse to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. “We […]

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Federal Judge Suspends CMS Vaccine Mandate Nationwide

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U.S. District Court Judge Terry Doughty in Louisiana has ordered a preliminary injunction to halt the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine requirement for health care workers. A preliminary injunction is a temporary measure to maintain the status quo until the outcome of a case is decided. The decision came after 14 states filed […]

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