Saint Francis Health System working to comply with federal vaccine mandates

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TULSA, Okla. — Saint Francis Health System is moving to guarantee compliance with national vaccine mandates.

Officials sent 2 News this connection astir the decision:

"Prior to the caller merchandise of the national mandate issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Saint Francis Health System had chosen not to instrumentality a vaccine mandate. We knew that 1 time a national mandate could necessitate america to alteration our argumentation and we person been transparent with our employees that this was our position.

System enactment has been successful regular connection with employees astir the anticipation of a national mandate for respective months. Now that 1 has been issued, we are moving internally to guarantee we are successful afloat compliance with the caller CMS vaccine requirement, deadlines and the allowance of spiritual and aesculapian exemptions.

The mandate that we are preparing for is the 1 issued by CMS that volition interaction hospitals and healthcare employers crossed the state and much than 17 cardinal healthcare workers.

As a faith-based ministry, Saint Francis, follows the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare successful however we run arsenic an employer, attraction supplier and assemblage resource. As such, we invited women and men of each faiths and content systems into our organization."

Ascension besides issued a vaccine mandate, but it is presently connected clasp aft a suit filed by the authorities lawyer general.

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