Pure determination: Young CNA drives more than 25 miles on 4-wheeler to make shift at Mississippi nursing...
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Danielle Brown
Feb 24, 2021
Where there’s a will there’s a way. A 22-year-old Mississippi certified nursing assistant proved just that after trekking more than 25 miles on a four-wheeler during a winter storm in order to make...
Senators’ $1B would more than double House-proposed funding to help nursing homes
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Danielle Brown
Feb 24, 2021
A new proposal from U.S. lawmakers would send nearly $1 billion to assist nursing homes with infection control and help manage COVID-19 care for residents.
More COVID funding for nursing homes a ‘top priority’ for Biden’s pick to be HHS chief
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Danielle Brown
Feb 24, 2021
Additional COVID-19 relief funding for nursing home providers would be a “top priority” for President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
Sabra CEO squashes enthusiasm for home health upending skilled nursing, despite pandemic trends
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Danielle Brown
Feb 24, 2021
Executives with Sabra Health Care REIT don’t expect some stakeholders’ recent shift of focus from skilled nursing to home care to be a permanent change for the long-term care industry.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Feb. 24
Feb 24, 2021
SNF COVID cases declining faster than overall cases … State AARP group pushes for long-term care reform as COVID cases drop … Private-equity ownership leads to higher resident death rates, increase...
CDC: No strong relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and death among LTC residents
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Danielle Brown
Feb 23, 2021
Long-term care providers should be encouraged after new findings showed no strong correlation between COVID-19 and death among residents, authorities say.
Amid controversy, NY announces visitation reopenings at nursing homes, ‘sweeping’ operator reforms
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Danielle Brown
Feb 23, 2021
Indoor visitations will resume Friday at nursing homes in New York.
80-year-old hospice administrator gets 2½-year sentence, $2.1M fine for vast Medicare fraud
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Danielle Brown
Feb 23, 2021
The elderly administrator of a California hospice agency has been ordered to pay more than $2.1 million after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in a sprawling $28 million scheme.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Feb. 23
Feb 23, 2021
OSHA now overseeing whistleblower complaints … CMS won’t enforce civil money penalties on Texas nursing homes who don’t report COVID cases during weather crisis … Frailty among nursing home residents...
Providers welcome Biden’s nomination of Brooks-LaSure as next CMS leader
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Danielle Brown
Feb 22, 2021
President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is being welcomed by long-term care providers.