NJ suspends admissions at nursing home where 17 bodies were recovered
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 16, 2022
Admissions have been suspended at a beleaguered New Jersey nursing home after a series of state inspections that alleged severe resident abuse and understaffing.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Feb. 16
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 16, 2022
WA long-term care facilities open up 10 new non-COVID units to free up hospitals … Senate confirms Biden’s FDA pick … Woman who gunned down two nursing home executives in facility parking lot will...
CMS offers precautions for exempting workers from vaccine mandate
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 15, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has offered several precautionary steps providers can take when it comes to workers who are exempt from the COVID-19 vaccination requirement.
Nursing homes must report convicted sex offenders newly admitted as residents under new proposal
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 15, 2022
Pennsylvania nursing homes are promoting a new proposal that would require providers to notify staff, residents and residents’ families when a registered sex offender is admitted into a facility.
Biden urged to end public health emergency — what’s at stake
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 15, 2022
A group of Republican lawmakers have called on President Joe Biden to end the COVID-19 public health emergency designation now that there’s more access to vaccines and effective treatments to combat...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Feb. 15
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 15, 2022
Nursing homes in line for additional $86 million after ‘rough last few years’ … Wisconsin election officials won’t be charged over ballots cast at nursing home … First-of-its-kind state advisory...
PRF reporting requirements would be extended under current proposal
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Danielle Brown
Feb 14, 2022
Skilled nursing facilities that have received payments through the Provider Relief Fund would have until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic to report how they used the emergency aid under a new proposal.
Medicare telehealth waivers could get two-year extension
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 14, 2022
Two U.S. lawmakers are pushing to broaden Medicare telehealth flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic by two years.
COVID-19 liability protections extended for nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 14, 2022
Florida nursing homes are about to see their protection against COVID-19 liability lawsuits extended through next summer.
Also in the News for Monday, Feb. 14
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 14, 2022
State aiming for statute of limitations for lawsuits involving injuries at nursing homes … Virginia won’t impose nursing home staffing requirements … NJ lawmakers want nursing home COVID deaths investigation...