With your cooperation, we have successfully met the COVID vaccination requirements of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. At this point, every active health care worker is fully vaccinated or has an approved exemption. COVID vaccination will be an ongoing requirement, so as new people are hired, they will have 10 days to upload… Read More
Managers and supervisors, If any member of your team is not fully vaccinated OR does not have an approved exemption, it is time to reach out and make sure they understand the corrective action that will follow if they are not compliant by the deadline, 11:59 p.m., March 15. Please review the corrective action. NOTE:… Read More
Those who have received only one dose of a two-dose series AND those who have a pending request for exemption should be aware of the next CMS vaccination mandate deadline – 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, March 15 – by which time you: Must have received the second dose and uploaded documentation to UK Health Corps Self-Report, OR Have… Read More
“Fully remote” is defined within our COVID-19 Policy, which has been updated to comply with the CMS vaccine mandate. Briefly, it means that the worker does not ever work in a UK HealthCare owned or leased facility and would never be expected to come into such a facility for work, even in times of emergency… Read More
A legal challenge to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services vaccine mandate for health care workers resulted in a federal injunction in December. Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted that injunction, allowing for the vaccination mandate to proceed. New CMS deadlines for the vaccination mandate are as follows: First dose or exemption request… Read More
Earlier today, Mark F. Newman, MD, EVPHA, held a live update to thank several of our teams and to share updates with employees. Among the items discussed was the preliminary nationwide injunction against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccination requirement for health care workers, an update on the cooling loop failure from last… Read More
Last night, a federal court based in Louisiana issued a preliminary nationwide injunction against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccination requirement for health care workers. The court’s preliminary injunction indicates that “the matter will ultimately be decided by a higher court than this one.” In light of this development, we are adjusting… Read More
Q: Since Biden’s federal mandate on vaccinations or weekly testing for places of employment with greater than 100 employees, has been granted an emergency stay, will we go back to following the tier levels for testing requirements rather than always testing weekly? A: This will be a complicated answer. First, let’s tease out how we… Read More
Federal law now requires health care workers to receive the primary dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, or request a medical or religious exemption, by December 5, 2021, and to have been granted a medical or religious exemption or have received the second dose of a multi-dose vaccine by January 4, 2022.
Managers, the following slides explain corrective actions associated with the vaccine requirement and the testing protocol implemented for unvaccinated employees. Director Zoom Labs 2021- Corrective Action Processes