The virtual 2020 Collaborative Care & HIT Summit will take place Sept. 15–17 with a focus on highlighting the need for technologies in aging services, including telehealth and Fast Healthcare Interoperability...
Pandemic hits Genesis hard, putting firm’s future in doubt
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 01, 2020
Adverse effects from COVID-19 forced Genesis HealthCare to raise “substantial doubt” about its ability to operate in the near future. Genesis executives detailed their concerns during a second-quarter...
Ensign returns $110M in aid
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 01, 2020
The Ensign Group returned about $110 million in federal COVID-19 relief aid after experiencing another quarter of “record-breaking results,” company executives reported in August.
September Business Briefs
Sep 01, 2020
Monticello provided $14 million in first lien debt financing for a Wisconsin skilled nursing facility portfolio, the lender announced in August. The financing will be used to refinance two SNFs and acquire...
Michigan governor vetoes bill that would have prohibited COVID-19 patients from nursing homes
Sep 01, 2020
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) vetoed a bill that would have required coronavirus patients to be placed into separate, COVID-only facilities and not nursing homes.
NY limits liability shields
Sep 01, 2020
NEW YORK — The state of New York amended a law that had protected nursing homes from being held liable in most coronavirus-related lawsuits.
Medicaid expansion OK’d
Sep 01, 2020
MISSOURI — Missouri voters approved a plan to expand Medicaid coverage via the state’s primary election in early August.
State ends testing aid
Sep 01, 2020
MARYLAND — Providers in the state warned that facilities cannot bear the costs of mandatory coronavirus testing for staff members after state health officials announced in mid-August plans to stop covering...
Task force considers visitation plans
Sep 01, 2020
FLORIDA — A state task force met in August to discuss possible scenarios for opening nursing homes to visitors. Nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the state have been on lockdown since mid-March.
September Company Briefs
Sep 01, 2020
DrFirst and PointClickCare have partnered to bring the telehealth and communication platform Backline to long-term care providers that are located in North America.