CMS said it has cited 69 hospitals for not complying with the agency's COVID-19 vaccination mandate covering healthcare facilities participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, Politico reported May 30.
The agency said it is working to bring the 69 cited hospitals into compliance.
"Since the implementation of the COVID-19 healthcare worker vaccine rule, hundreds of surveys of hospitals have taken place, and the majority of hospitals are in compliance with the vaccine requirement," a CMS spokesperson told Becker's via email.
"In total, surveyors have made 69 citations of hospitals since the rollout of the requirement, and surveys are still underway. As a reminder, hospitals are one of the 17 provider types included in the rule."
For hospitals and certain other acute and continuing care providers, the remedy for noncompliance is termination.
The vaccination mandate is only part of the Politico report, which highlights the challenge CMS faces in ensuring regulations are followed after the agency issues them.
Jon Blum, CMS principal deputy administrator and COO, acknowledged the agency scaled back inspections during the pandemic, especially earlier in the pandemic amid transmission risk, but cited improvement efforts since the program's relaunch about a year ago.
Read the full report here.
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