OSHA vows more infection control monitoring at SNFs
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 10, 2022
Skilled nursing facilities and hospitals that treat or handle COVID-19 patients can expect more focused inspections in the coming weeks under a new initiative launched by the Department of Occupational...
Spending package promises 5-month extension of telehealth flexibilities
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 10, 2022
Medicare telehealth flexibilities put in place during the public health emergency, and hailed by providers, would remain in place for five months after the PHE ends if enough lawmakers line up behind a...
Also in the News for Thursday, March 10
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 10, 2022
NY nursing home workers hold second strike … Black nursing home residents less likely to receive palliative care … Minnesota National Guard leaves last nursing home … Former nursing home RN pleads...
Residents recreate famous paintings for nursing home calendar
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 10, 2022
Residents at an English nursing home transformed themselves into famous Victorian-themed paintings for the facility’s 2022 take on their annual calendar.
‘Sticks need to come with carrots’: Feds’ nursing home push ‘sound’ but needs more resources,...
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 09, 2022
President Joe Biden’s thrust to improve quality in nursing homes by addressing poor performing providers is a “sound premise” in the federal government’s justification for the initiatives.
AHCA requests sit-down with Biden, top officials on nursing home reform plans
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 09, 2022
The nation’s largest nursing home association has requested a sit-down with President Joe Biden in a push to clear up “some of the inaccuracies” cited by the president in his nursing home reform...
Higher Medicaid spending away from SNFs here to stay, official says
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 09, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services expects that Medicaid’s recent trend of spending more on home- and community-based services than institutional care will continue for the foreseeable future,...
Also in the News for Wednesday, March 9
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 09, 2022
HHS launches ‘Test-toTreat’ initiative that promises fast long-term care access to oral antivirals … Troubled NJ nursing home has until Aug. 15 to make changes or lose all federal funding … NY...
Medicaid continues shift away from SNF care
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 08, 2022
Medicaid spending on home-and-community based services out-gained spending on institutional care, like nursing homes, for a seventh year in a row, according to a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Low wages and a lack of respect are the biggest reasons employers are having a hard time retaining and keeping nurses, according to a new industry survey.