Home Health

New York health officials share booster data

A recent release from the New York State Department of Health gives a breakdown of booster shots for health care staff by setting. According to the data, 84% of certified home health agency staff had received a booster or were “willing and awaiting” a booster, as of Feb. 15, 2022. The number was in line …

Home Health

New COVID-19 Community Levels don’t apply to health care settings

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) introduced its new COVID-19 Community Level standards on February 25, 2022, as a new metric for state and local health care officials to determine the need for increased public infection prevention steps. But its important for health care providers to recognize these new standards do not apply …

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COVID-19

CMS ready to oversee enforcement of vaccine mandate in resistant states

One way or another, CMS is promising states that it will enforce its recent interim final rule requiring health care staff to be fully vaccinated. In a Quality, Safety & Oversight Group memo (QSO-22-12-ALL), published Feb. 9, CMS delivered a warning to states that if they are contracted with the federal agency to carry out …

COVID-19

Final deadline arrives for vaccine mandate in 25 states

For health care providers in 25 states, the deadline arrived Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, for phase 2 compliance with the CMS Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule. States covered include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, …