Lawmakers accuse state official of downplaying nursing home deaths
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Danielle Brown
Aug 06, 2020
New York state health officials are being accused of releasing incomplete data on nursing home COVID-19 deaths to support controversial state policies implemented during the public health crisis.
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Aug 06, 2020
Aging services groups call for federal plan to end ‘national nightmare’ of COVID-19… Hot spot Florida’s governor ready to resume visits for long-term care facilities … Texas releases additional...
Hundreds of face shields donated to Ohio SNF
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Danielle Brown
Aug 06, 2020
An Ohio skilled nursing facility received hundreds of much-needed pieces of personal protective equipment thanks to a donation from the Ford Motor Co.
Proposed 9% cut to therapy ‘potentially devastating’
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Danielle Brown
Aug 05, 2020
A proposal to cut 9% from Medicare payments for physical and occupational therapy under the federal government’s Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Rule for 2021 could potentially have a “devastating...
Nursing homes accused of mismanaging pandemic relief funds
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Danielle Brown
Aug 05, 2020
For-profit nursing home operators that have previously settled Medicare fraud allegations are now under suspicion of misusing federal pandemic relief funding.
NY limits scope of nursing home liability protections
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 05, 2020
The state of New York has amended a law that protected nursing homes from being held liable in most coronavirus-related lawsuits.
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Aug 05, 2020
CMS to expand deadline for ABN use extension … Lawmaker pushes for study on state’s handling of COVID-19 patients in nursing homes … Despite telehealth surge, seniors still struggling to get access...
‘The system failed’: Experts lay plans for reforming long-term care after pandemic
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Danielle Brown
Aug 04, 2020
Now is the opportunity for providers, policymakers and other stakeholders to aggressively reform the long-term services and supports system after its underlying weaknesses were exposed under pandemic conditions,...
Governor vetoes bill that would have prohibited COVID-19 patients from nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 04, 2020
Michigan’s governor has vetoed a bill that would have required coronavirus patients to be placed only into separate, COVID-only facilities and not nursing homes.
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Aug 04, 2020
Drugmaker starts coronavirus study in nursing homes … Application deadline for COVID-19 financial relief extended for Medicaid providers … OIG toolkit address healthcare facility emergency preparedness,...