Rural hospital officials who expected Covid vaccine mandates to cause a staffing crisis are facing a pleasant surprise: Religious exemptions and education efforts for the hesitant are keeping almost all health care workers on the job
Doomsday predictions from some GOP governors and lawmakers, who warned the mandate would lead to a workforce crisis, particularly in rural areas, have not been borne out. | Jae C. Hong/AP Photo.
Valley Health System, which includes several rural hospitals in West Virginia and Virginia, lost less than 3 percent of its staff. Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains, Mont., lost 1 percent. St. Luke Community Healthcare in Ronan, Mont., lost three employees.“I’m a little bit relieved that we didn’t have a more dire situation,” Todd said. “There was a lot of saber-rattling by staff … I’m pleased that they stepped up.
with traveling hospital workers who are stressing their budgets. Ballad Health, a health system serving parts of Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina, for example, is paying staffing agencies a rate that comes out to $125 million a year for 400 contract nurses. Even after the Supreme Court in January allowed the federal health care worker vaccine mandate to move forward, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkinof their states and “access to lifesaving care could be threatened” because of staff lost to vaccine mandates, asking the agency for additional flexibility on the rule’s enforcement in rural facilities.
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