After months of taking a more passive approach to COVID-19 vaccinations, home health providers are starting to turn up the heat on their workforce. On Tuesday, Sarasota, Florida-based Empath Health — a home health, hospice and home care provider that also offers palliative care and more — announced it will require COVID-19 vaccinations for all staff, volunteers and vendors. Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has similarly said that all of its 150,000 employees across the nonprofit system, presumably including home health workers, must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 1. Contextually, these and other home-based care organizations have taken a stronger stance on … Read more