McKnight's January 5, 2024
James M. Berklan

I know it feels good to clip things off — almost anything, in fact — of an ever-present “To Do” list. Unfortunately, this often leads to targeting low-hanging fruit first.

That might be just what’s in play with this week’s meeting between Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and nursing homes’ top association leaders. Twice in two weeks, the nation’s top health official has called providers on the carpet over concerns about COVID-19 vaccination rates in nursing homes.

It wasn’t billed as a scolding session, but make no mistake, the implications were clear. And providers, while exchanging diplomatic pleasantries, were having none of it.

All sides traded niceties and said how glad they were to be working together on...

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