Attorney General Austin Knudsen spoke Monday to a meeting of health care workers and community members in Sidney, where some employees of the Sidney Health Center have been protesting the hospital’s announcement that it will comply with a federal vaccine mandate for health care providers that receive Medicaid and Medicare funding. Employees at such organizations across the state must show proof that they’ve received at least one dose of vaccination by next Monday, Dec. 6, per new guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS).
The meeting was advertised on Facebook by the group Conservatives United for Richland County (CURG) as being open to the public but prohibiting photos and recordings. The advertisements also said that only Sidney Health Center employees would be allowed to engage in discussions with the invited speakers, including Knudsen, Maria Wyrock of Montanans for Vaccine Choice and state Sen. Theresa Manzella, R-Stevensville.
Sidney Health Center spokesperson Rita Steinbeisser said Monday that the event was not associated with the hospital and that the organization’s senior administrators did not plan to attend. She said she would not speak on behalf of the hospital’s employees regarding the hospital’s compliance with the vaccine mandate.
“This is a decision that was regulated by CMS, and so we are doing what is recommended by CMS and what other hospitals are doing around the state,” Steinbeisser said.
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