6 new quality measures for SNFs now showing on Nursing Home Compare
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 29, 2020
New performance data on skilled nursing providers, which features six additional measures, is now on the Nursing Home Compare website, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Wednesday. ...
Diabetes equipment payments, Medicare coverage would grow under new federal proposal
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 29, 2020
Nursing homes residents who use continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to track their daily blood sugar levels would see their Medicare coverage and payments for the devices expanded under a new proposed rule...
Also in the News for Thursday, Oct. 29
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 29, 2020
Ensign to return additional $23M in federal relief funding … CMS moves to remove Kansas nursing home from Medicare program, threatens $14K fine for coronavirus failures … More COVID-19 deaths happen...
Worth the wait: Operator gifts workers with thousands of dollars worth of prizes
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Danielle Brown
Oct 28, 2020
After pushing back this year’s celebration of National Nursing Home Week, a New Jersey-based operator finally got a chance to repay its workers by gifting them thousands of dollars worth of prizes.
Biden, Trump diverge on approaches for long-term care, Medicare
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Danielle Brown
Oct 28, 2020
While President Donald Trump would seek to cap the overall federal contribution to Medicaid and increase state flexibility, former Vice President Joe Biden would look to expand the program to provide more...
Also in the News for Wednesday, Oct. 28
Oct 28, 2020
Feds to announce rule mandating Medicare, Medicaid to cover COVID vaccines … CMS releases participation data for 2019 Quality Payment program … How COVID-19 exposed disparities in healthcare delivery...
Deadline extended to sign up for coronavirus vaccine distribution program
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 27, 2020
The federal government is extending the deadline for long-term care providers to opt into its COVID-19 vaccine distribution program by a week.
‘Supply far exceeds demands’: Feds deliver 7.3 million more rapid COVID-19 tests to nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 27, 2020
The federal government has delivered about 7.3 million Abbott BinaxNOW rapid tests to nursing homes across the country, a top health official announced Monday. Supply “far exceeds demands from nursing...
More than 3,000 nursing homes earn top rating from U.S. News & World Report
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 27, 2020
Good staffing measures and patient outcomes were among the common denominators for the more than 3,200 facilities ranked as top providers in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Nursing Homes ratings.
New law sets minimum staffing ratios at nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 27, 2020
Providers in New Jersey could spend millions of dollars in order to comply with a new state law that sets minimum direct care staff-to-resident ratios at long-term care facilities.