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CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure is explaining the reasoning behind a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers amid concerns of understaffing at hospitals and nursing homes, particularly in rural areas.

As hospitals and health systems face challenging shortages, Becker's Hospital Review asked leaders to share their insight on retaining and attracting revenue cycle management and IT talent.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has unveiled a plan to address staffing shortages if large numbers of healthcare workers leave hospitals and other facilities because of the state's COVID-19 vaccination mandate.

Staffing shortages affecting Idaho hospitals have been exacerbated during the pandemic, but experts contend requirements mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for healthcare workers are not the root cause of the situation, the Post Register reported Sept. 23.

Ahead of the effective date for New York state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, state officials and hospitals are bracing for possible shortages of healthcare workers because of the requirement, The Washington Post reported Sept. 24.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security at the Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore released a report Sept. 23 that sheds light on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of front-line healthcare workers. It also identifies strategies for…

Two Maine health systems have seen a few of their employees quit because of the state's COVID-19 vaccination mandate. 

As hospitals continue to face staffing challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic, they are simultaneously competing with other hospitals for workers while trying to retain their own.

Healthcare workers who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 by Rhode Island's Oct. 1 deadline will be allowed to work beyond that date to prevent care quality from slipping, the state health department said Sept. 21. 

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health said about 700 of its employees remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 and could eventually face termination if they fail to meet the system's vaccination requirement, according to The Register Citizen.