Michael Young Shares Temple Health’s Approach to COVID-19 Staff Vaccination at Roundtable Event with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Local Health System Representatives

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, administrator from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), hosted a roundtable discussion featuring representatives from Temple Health, Crozer Health, Grand View Health, Jefferson Health, Main Line Health and the University of Pennsylvania Health System on best practices for significantly increasing staff COVID-19 vaccination rates. The federal government is requiring eligible staff at health care facilities in the Medicare and Medicaid programs be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January 4th. Michael A. Young, MHA, FACHE, President and CEO of Temple University Health System and Temple University Hospital, shared Temple’s approach. The Philadelphia Tribune covered the event.