Manchin’s disapproval of BBB could kill proposed LTC funding
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 21, 2021
Providers were split Monday over the news that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he wouldn’t back President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan and its nearly $1 billion for the long-term care industry.
Residents without family contact were more likely to die during early pandemic: study
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 21, 2021
Nursing home residents who had no contact with family or friends during the COVID-19 pandemic were more likely to die than counterparts who had regular contact with loved ones, according to a new study...
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Dec 21, 2021
Colorado lawmakers push for funding to send aging prisoners to nursing homes … NY resident advocates want stronger ombudsman program … Investment firm sues partners for allegedly misusing money to...
Leadership development ‘never more important than now,’ new ACHCA leader says
Dec 19, 2021
Long-term care must prioritize and invest in facility leaders so they have the skills needed to motivate staff through what’s likely the most turbulent time in the industry’s history, according to...
Also in the News for Monday, Dec. 20
Dec 19, 2021
Nursing homes must offer monoclonal antibody treatments under new order, provider pressure … Texas sends $128 million to help staffing needs at rural nursing homes, hospitals … Staffing shortage forces...
Prepare to comply with CMS mandate, but beware possible modifications, delays: expert
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
A legal expert believes the Jan. 4 deadline to comply with the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers will likely have to be pushed back for some Medicare- and Medicaid-certified...
$800M to improve staffing, infection control under latest draft of Build Back Better
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
Nearly $1 billion in grant funding aimed at helping long-term care providers improve wages and benefits, as well as infection control efforts, is on the table in the Senate’s latest version of the Build...
Also in the News for Friday, Dec. 17
Dec 16, 2021
Feds: Boosted nursing home residents 10 times less likely to be infected with COVID … CDC backs Moderna, Pfizer over Johnson & Johnson shot, stops short of stopping access … California wants to tie...
UPDATED: Healthcare worker vaccine mandate back on for 26 states
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
Long-term care providers in 26 states will still have to comply with a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate after a federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed a nationwide block against the rule.
AG renews COVID-19 criminal charge pursuit against nursing home leaders
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is appealing a decision by a state judge to drop criminal charges against two nursing home officials over their roles in a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility.