SC nurse indicted for allegedly creating fake COVID-19 vaccination cards … Ventas receives award for sustainability practices … Five Star Senior Living contracts with Compass Community Living to manage...
State lawmakers take action on COVID-19-related liability, vaccination legislation
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 02, 2021
More COVID-19-related legislation is working its way through state legislat
3 more states join lawsuit challenging CMS COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 29, 2021
Attorneys general in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio joined more than a dozen states last week in challenging the legality of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ mandate of COVID-19 vaccines for...
Federal judge rejects Florida AG’s case to block vaccination rule for healthcare workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 23, 2021
U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers on Saturday denied a motion by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody asking for a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order against the Centers for Medicare...
CT Health Department fines more than 100 long-term care facilities for noncompliance with COVID-19 reporting...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 23, 2021
More than 100 long-term care facilities in Connecticut have been fined a total of $19,000 to date for failure to report their compliance with Gov. Ned Lamont’s (D) executive order 13F that gave long-term...
12 more states sue to block CMS vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 17, 2021
A group of 12 states filed a lawsuit Monday against the Biden administration in an attempt to block its vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, asserting that the requirement is unconstitutional and violates...
Business briefs, Nov. 15
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 15, 2021
State rep files bill to ban vaccine mandates in Oklahoma … Fitch Ratings affirms Meadowood long-term rating at BBB; outlook stable … Kraus-Anderson completes $24M SNF in MN … New Perspective, Boldt...
Federal vaccine mandate challenges mounted by states; court issues temporary stay
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 08, 2021
Before even two days had passed after the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued COVID-19 vaccination requirements Thursday, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked...
$15 million in fines facing providers who don’t comply with COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 03, 2021
Connecticut assisted living communities that fail to comply with an executive order mandating staff COVID-19 vaccinations could face up to $15 million in penalties.
U.S. appeals court denies religious exemption for state’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 02, 2021
A three-panel federal appeals court on Friday removed a lower court’s temporary injunction that had allowed healthcare workers to seek religious exemptions to New York state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.