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Medicare Eases Up On Staff Vaccination Survey Procedures

Dings will be standard-level unless violations are ‘egregious.’ The COVID-19 public health emergency may still be in effect, but some of its more stringent enforcement mechanisms now aren’t. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a new memorandum regarding survey procedures and COVID-19 vaccination of staff. Background: On Nov. 5, 2021, CMS published an interim final rule with [...]
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