The nursing home industry wants the Biden administration to fund Covid-19 testing for its unvaccinated workers to help avert sudden staffing shortages resulting from the new requirement that all facility employees get the jab.
American Health Care Association President and CEO Mark Parkinson also called for the release of $3 billion in federal provider relief funds to help pay for additional staff once the new mandate takes effect next month, according to a letter he sent Friday to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Medicare agency head Chiquita Brooks-LaSure.
Both requests were among six recommendations the industry wants ...
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