Ballad Health CEO Alan Levine submitted a letter to the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services requesting changes to the federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements in healthcare facilities Monday, citing long-term staffing challenges in the system. In the letter, Levine outlines some of the conditions the Ballad Health System has faced through the COVID-19 pandemic. Levine said that after the first wave of cases through the region, nursing turnover has reached as high as 27%.
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