The Biden administration is likely to implement a phased-in penalty process for nursing homes that don’t meet an upcoming federal requirement for staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19.
President Joe Biden moved last week to require that nursing homes vaccinate their entire staff to participate in the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Failure to comply could result in termination from both federal health programs, which collectively pay for roughly three out of four nursing home patients.
In a webinar and conference call with nursing home operators Wednesday, Jean Moody-Williams, deputy director of the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at the ...
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