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CMS warns they expect vaccine requirements to be enforced or will impose penalties on states
One way or another, CMS is promising states that it will enforce its recent interim final rule requiring hospital and other healthcare staff caring for COVID-19 patients to be fully vaccinated. CMS published a warning to states February 9 that if they are contracted with the federal agency to carry out health and safety surveys, failure to carry out their responsibilities (including enforcing the new vaccine requirement) will result in a reduction of federal funds to the state’s survey offices.
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