Joint Commission Rolls Out Worker Flu Vaccine Policies As HHS Mulls NVAC Call For Mandatory Effort

The Joint Commission, the health care facility accrediting group, is rolling out sweeping new policies requiring that all organizations receiving accreditation offer annual influenza vaccination programs for licensed independent practitioners and staff. The new accrediting requirements, which go into effect July 1, come as the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to review a set of controversial recommendations by a federal vaccine advisory panel that go a step further by recommending health care employers consider mandating flu shots for health care workers to reach vaccina