Employers can require COVID vaccination | Bill would allow more international residents

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Friday, May 28, 2021 Friday, May 28, 2021 Modern Healthcare's Daily Dose newsletter won't publish on Monday, May 31, due to the Memorial Day holiday. Daily Dose will return on Wednesday, June 1. Subscribe to our Alert e-mails or follow us on ModernHealthcare.com for breaking news. Digital Subscription Required Employers can require employees to get vaccinated, federal guidance says The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said employers can offer employees incentives to get vaccinated. But hospitals and other providers must be especially cautious. Read More > MH Magazine Exclusive CON law elimination sets off inpatient rehab rush in Florida A number of healthcare providers are adding more inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in Florida following the state's certificate-of-need law repeal. Some experts worry the trend will push healthcare costs even higher. Read More > Digital Subscription Required Biden proposes 23% funding increase for HHS President Biden on Friday proposed a 23% funding increase for HHS, with more money for rural health, mental health, pandemic preparedness and other administrative priorities. Read More > Digital Subscription Required Lawmakers look to allow more international physician residents The bipartisan bill would allow five more foreign resident waivers per state, which lawmakers hope would help address workforce shortages in rural and underserved areas. Read More > Take Modern Healthcare's poll: Has partnership between providers helped vaccine efforts? Yes No Digital Subscription Required Nursing home bed prices climb nearly 22% in first quarter Despite the overall effect of the pandemic on nursing homes, analysts are "bullish" on nursing care investment. Read More > Digital Subscription Required Medicare Advantage members fared well during pandemic, Humana Bold Goal finds For those of us in healthcare, we are humbled by the opportunity to partner with patients to help them solve complex and highly personal challenges. Watching the pandemic unfold, we experienced greater urgency to accelerate those efforts. Read More > Future pandemics targeted by new Oxford research center The center will seek to form partnerships with experts around the world, in hope of avoiding the disjointed policies and international competition that slowed the response to COVID-19. Read More > Digital Subscription Required Zocdoc programming bug allowed unauthorized access to patient data The time lapse in reporting was due to the complexity of the code, which took a significant amount of investigation to determine which practices and users were affected and how, a Zocdoc spokeswoman said. Read More > Be part of an environment for female healthcare professionals to learn, grow, connect, be inspired and mentor one another and the next generation of female leadership. It’s more than a conference. It’s a community! Register for the Women Leaders in Healthcare Conference on July 22-23. Get 15% off with code WLHNews. SPONSORED CONTENT Connect with Us Our Mission “Modern Healthcare empowers industry leaders to succeed by providing unbiased reporting of the news, insights, analysis and data.” Feedback or questions? Contact Us Email Editor | Customer Service | Advertise with Us   This email was sent to chunduri22.covid@blogger.com To ensure delivery of our newsletters to your inbox, please add modernhealthcare@e.crainalerts.com to your address book. Manage My Account | Unsubscribe   © 2021 Modern Healthcare 150 N. Michigan Ave. | Chicago, IL 60601 United States Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions