SNF Quality Reporting Program seeking public input on healthcare-associated infections measure … Former long-term care worker pleads guilty in $400K kickback scheme … State invests $4 million to train...
‘Heartbreaking’: All contact with nursing home residents fell by more than half, study shows
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Danielle Brown
Sep 14, 2020
Nursing home operators took limiting in-person contact with residents very seriously after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Visits of all kinds fell by 53% between March and April, new findings by...
Residents in unionized nursing homes less likely to die of COVID-19, analysis shows
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Danielle Brown
Sep 14, 2020
Nursing homes with a unionized workforce were less likely to have COVID-19 deaths when compared to facilities without healthcare worker unions, according to a study in Health Affairs. The findings support...
SNF occupancy drops to record low in June
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Danielle Brown
Sep 14, 2020
Skilled nursing occupancy levels dropped by 41 basis points to 74.8% during the month of June as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic — a new record low, according to new data released by the National Investment...
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Sep 14, 2020
State orders 250K antigen tests for nursing homes … Massachusetts reform package for nursing homes includes up to $140M in investments, restructured Medicaid rates … AHCA/NCAL releases support tool...
Testing expenses could reach $15,000 per week for large nursing homes: report
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Danielle Brown
Sep 11, 2020
It could cost larger nursing homes up to $15,000 per week to comply with new COVID-19 testing requirements for staff members, according to a report released this week by LeadingAge.
Providers object to reduced-testing policy for patients discharged to nursing homes
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Danielle Brown
Sep 11, 2020
Nursing home providers in Rhode Island are pushing back against the state’s decision to ease COVID-19 testing requirements for patients discharged from hospitals and into long-term care facilities.
Verma praises Florida’s reopening plan for nursing homes as possible model for entire country
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Danielle Brown
Sep 11, 2020
Florida could serve as a template for the federal government’s national strategy for reopening nursing homes, believes Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma.
McKnight’s Fall Online Expo returns Thursday
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 11, 2020
Lessons from frontline workers battling against COVID-19 will lead the way Thursday at the annual McKnight’s Fall Online Expo.
Also in the News for Friday, Sept. 11
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Danielle Brown
Sep 11, 2020
Medicaid directors prepare for budget shortfalls after pandemic … Rush to find solutions led to mistakes in COVID-19 response at nursing homes, Michigan lawmakers claim … CMS’ Verma spent more than...