Friday, December 24, 2021

Vaxx-Demanding Hospitals Are in Trouble

There may be a lot more hospitals reversing their Vaxx Demand policies.

That's because they're going broke trying to keep adequate RN staffing, especially in Medicaid/Medicare dependent locations.

...“This is like survival stakes,” said Steven Shill, head of the health-care practice at advisory firm BDO USA. Winners are “whoever’s highest on the food chain and who has the biggest checkbook.” The staffing companies — agencies that provide nurses and other staff on a temporary basis — are “really, really, really gouging hospitals.

Saint John’s Episcopal Hospital Chief Executive Officer Jerry Walsh has been on the losing side of those battles, beat out by larger, wealthier systems while laying out thousands of dollars a week more to pay what he calls “exorbitant” rates to outside agencies to keep his hospital properly staffed....

Gee, that's too bad.

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