Nursing homes experienced a significant jump in fatalities and cases due to the emergency of the COVID-19 delta varian in August, reversing months of progress, according to researchers.
Digital Edition of October 2021 issue
Oct 02, 2021
Read the digital edition of the October 2021 print issue here. Select excerpts from this month’s magazine can also be found below.
60 Seconds with … Mithuna Srinivasan, Ph.D.
Oct 01, 2021
Mithuna Srinivasan, Ph.D., Principal Research Scientist, NORC
Party ‘like no other’ for 112 years
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2021
Community members across Guthrie, OK, stopped for a moment in late August to celebrate the birthday of the state’s oldest resident on record.
Now-open portal provides path to additional Provider Relief Funds
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2021
Long-term care operators can now begin applying for a share of $25.5 billion in COVID-19 relief money after the application portal for Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund and rural payments opened on Wednesday.
Nursing home struggling to rebound after manager steals $500K
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2021
The ex-business manager of a Massachusetts nursing home will spend the next year and half in prison after admitting to stealing more than $500,000 from the facility.
Lawmakers want $4 billion nursing home compensation fund, extended statute of limitations
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2021
New York lawmakers want to establish a $4 billion compensation fund, similar to the one formed after the Sept. 11 attacks, for families of nursing home residents who died of COVID-19 during the pandemic.
Also in the News for Friday, Oct. 1
Oct 01, 2021
MA plan premiums decrease, while Part D coverage increases for 2022 … Pennsylvania lawmakers extend COVID-19 waivers that helped providers manage workforce crisis … Families call for reform at veterans...
Operators ‘reluctant to terminate’ workers as state vaccine deadline hits
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 30, 2021
The ongoing workforce shortage is pushing New York long-term care providers to be flexible with workers still hesitant about getting the COVID-19 vaccine even after the state’s healthcare worker mandate...
Approved: Consulate Health Care to pay just $4.5 million of $258 million judgment in inherited upcoding...
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 30, 2021
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware has approved a settlement between Florida-based nursing home chain Consulate Health Care and the Department of Justice that reduced a $258 million judgment against the...