Connecticut nursing homes to see additional 5% Medicaid boost … Tennessee provider thought coronavirus was under control before outbreak … About a quarter of dementia patients need long-term care within...
Visits to nursing homes would be barred until final phase under Trump’s reopen plan
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Danielle Brown
Apr 20, 2020
On Sunday, as part of phase 1 of the administration’s new guidelines for Opening Up America Again, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recommended reopening healthcare facilities to provide...
All nursing home residents, staff ordered to be retested for coronavirus
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 20, 2020
West Virginia nursing home residents and staff members will be retested for the 2019 novel coronavirus following an executive order issued Friday by Gov. Jim Justice (R).
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Granger Cobb
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Danielle Brown
Apr 20, 2020
In the business world, there arguably has been no executive more beloved than Granger Cobb.
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Apr 20, 2020
Thousands of health workers may be needed to reopen the country … Texas proposes $334M Medicaid increase to keep nursing homes, hospitals open during pandemic … Nearly 20% of Florida’s coronavirus...
‘Facilities must reach out for help,’ advocate warns after 17 corpses removed from nursing home
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Danielle Brown
Apr 17, 2020
One provider advocate stressed the importance of nursing homes not being afraid to seek help with COVID-19 after the bodies of more than a dozen residents were discovered at a New Jersey facility over...
Nursing homes face financial collapse without state aid, providers say
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Danielle Brown
Apr 17, 2020
Leaders of Connecticut’s nursing home associations are calling on state leaders to step in to save providers from what they warn would be financial collapse amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Apr 17, 2020
OSHA receives thousands of complaints over coronavirus safety concerns … New Hampshire long-term care workers to receive pay boost during COVID-19 pandemic … False Claims Act lawsuit pushes ahead for...
Long-term care deaths due to COVID-19 soar to more than 5,500; healthcare workers represent almost 20%...
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Danielle Brown
Apr 16, 2020
The number of coronavirus deaths in long-term care facilities has climbed to 5,670 since last week, according to a national news outlet that has been compiling state health data.
CMS to require nursing homes to report infections directly to CDC
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 16, 2020
Providers will soon be required to report potential infectious disease outbreaks directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.