EEOC changes guidance on when employers can require COVID-19 testing of workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 25, 2022
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has updated its guidance on when employers can require COVID-19 testing with respect to people with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act restricts...
Provider, policy action can stabilize staffing levels during infectious disease outbreaks, researchers...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 25, 2022
Provider and policy action are needed to counter the effects of staff absences and departures, particularly during infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID-19, that may put nursing home residents at...
‘Be vigilant’ in face of OSHA scrutiny related to COVID-19, attorney advises
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 27, 2022
Skilled nursing facility and senior living community operators “should continue to be vigilant” in their COVID-19 mitigation measures even though the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s...
New state rankings rate pandemic healthcare performance
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 22, 2022
Health systems in Hawaii and Maine ranked the highest among the states as far as vaccination rates, capacity in hospital and intensive care units, and death rates throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, in new...
Staff COVID-19 vaccinations have risen 25 percentage points under CMS mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2022
COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing home staff jumped 25 percentage points nationally thanks in no small part to a CMS mandate imposed earlier this year.
Business briefs, May 12
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 12, 2022
Governor’s budget includes $211.2M for direct care workforce … Organizations ask HHS to extend the public health emergency … Cincinnati SNF to close by end of year
COVID-19 booster compliance among long-term care workers remains low
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 15, 2022
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) this week clarified that long-term care and other healthcare workers in the state satisfy the state’s vaccination requirements once they obtain one booster dose of a COVID-19...
Unprecedented global crisis brought out best in SNF caregivers, report finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 28, 2022
Nursing home caregivers went beyond normal expectations throughout the unprecedented global crisis brought on by the coronavirus, asserts a new report from the American Health Care
OSHA re-opens dialogue on developing COVID-19 standard for healthcare workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 23, 2022
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration will hold a virtual hearing April 27 about developing a final standard to protect healthcare and healthcare support service workers from workplace exposure...
PREVENT Pandemics Act clears Senate committee
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 17, 2022
The Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats (PREVENT) Pandemics Act is one step closer to reaching the Senate floor. The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved...