Congress can ensure access to COVID-19 tests, vaccines and treatments by fully funding the fight against the virus, LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan told members of the U.S. Senate and House...
Assisted living providers prohibited from denying employee COVID vaccine exemption requests
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 22, 2022
An amendment to an existing state law expands protections for employees subject to employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates, further complicating the pandemic landscape for assisted living providers in Tennessee.
To boost or not to boost: that is the question
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 14, 2022
Without federal health and regulatory agencies taking a strong position on a second COVID-19 booster shot, confusion abounds over who should get boosted, and when.
As second COVID-19 booster dose is approved, senior living calls for help
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 30, 2022
As public health officials brace for a potential surge in coronavirus cases due to the BA.2 variant, the federal government on Tuesday approved a second COVID-19 booster dose for higher-risk individuals.
Low COVID-19 vaccination rates among Medicaid beneficiaries cause for concern: senators
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 29, 2022
Concern over lagging vaccination rates among Medicaid beneficiaries has prompted two Democratic leaders to request a study from the Government Accountability Office on potential barriers to vaccination.
When COVID case counts are low, relax but prepare for future outbreaks: speaker
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 24, 2022
It’s OK to relax a little and take off that mask when community COVID-19 transmission rates are low. But an epidemiologist says that that’s also the time to prepare.
Appealing to personal values helped senior living community boost vaccination rates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 15, 2022
Appealing to its staff members’ personal values of providing service to those in need was the key to achieving a 97% staff vaccination rate — and an 83% staff booster rate — for one California senior...
Touting the industry’s success in COVID-19 vaccination of staff members, senior living leaders expressed relief Tuesday after the federal government announced its withdrawal of the COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing...
After Supreme Court stay on COVID vaccination mandate, senior living industry touts own inoculation efforts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 14, 2022
In the wake of Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reinstated a stay against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing mandate for employers with 100...
States don’t wait as fate of federal COVID vaccine mandates remains uncertain
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Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2022
As employers wait to see whether the Supreme Court will issue stays against federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...