One year since it began being enforced, a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers is the last remaining major mandate from President Joe Biden’s sweeping attempt to boost national vaccination rates.
Tim Corbin, left, the administrator of Truman Lake Manor, passes through the hallway of the nursing home on Feb. 14, 2023, in Lowry, Mo. The facility was cited in December for a violation of the federal vaccination requirement for health care workers but subsequently came into compliance. Corbin believes it's time for the vaccination mandate to end. Tim Corbin, left, the administrator of Truman Lake Manor, passes through the hallway of the nursing home on Feb. 14, 2023, in Lowry, Mo.
LOWRY CITY, Mo. — At Truman Lake Manor in rural Missouri, every day begins the same way for every employee entering the nursing home’s doors — with a swab up the nose, a swirl of testing solution and a brief wait to see whether a thin red line appears indicating a positive COVID-19 case.Despite those precautions, a coronavirus outbreak swept through the facility late last year.
Truman Lake Manor is one of about 750 nursing homes and 110 hospitals nationwide written up for violating federal staff vaccination rules during the past year, according to an Associated Press analysis of data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Most were given a bureaucratic nudge to do better — though some nursing homes also received fines, especially when they had multiple other problems.One year after it began being enforced nationwide on Feb.
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