Vaccine Mandates on Hold for Hospital Workers
December 8, 2021 For those hospitals hemorrhaging clinical workers and clerical staff due to the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, there have been some recent developments that may have an impact on your facility. By way of background, an interim final rule (IFR) promulgated last month laid down COVID vaccine requirements for facilities that participate with Medicare or Medicaid. Specifically, every person who provides services in such a facility (which includes most acute care hospitals) was to be fully vaccinated…