ACHCA ‘gravely concerned’ over federal vaccination mandate … Medicare payments for COVID-19 vaccines expanded to include seniors in at home settings … New NY governor pledges ‘transparency’...
FDA’s full approval of Pfizer vaccine stokes provider optimism
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Danielle Brown
Aug 24, 2021
Long-term care providers are hopeful that the Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will help increase vaccine confidence among its workers and ultimately...
Skilled nursing companies rank high in ‘Best Workplaces’ ratings
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Danielle Brown
Aug 24, 2021
Senior Living Properties, Trilogy Health Services and Legacy Healthcare were among the large skilled nursing providers earning top rankings in this year’s Fortune Best Workplaces for Aging Services lists.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Aug. 24
Aug 24, 2021
LeadingAge also wants federal COVID vaccine mandate to apply to all healthcare providers, assistance for workforce shortages … Connecticut nursing homes face lawsuits over water safety issues … Georgia...
‘Hundreds of thousands’ of long-term care employees could be lost, providers warn the administration...
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Danielle Brown
Aug 23, 2021
Singling out the long-term care industry with the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate could cause a “mass exodus” of workers from the profession and to other healthcare settings, the American Health Care...
Association offers blueprint for how LTC leaders can make federal staff vaccine policy work
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Danielle Brown
Aug 23, 2021
Long-term care facility leaders’ response to President Joe Biden’s new vaccination order will help determine how staff react to the new mandate. Therefore, remaining calm and communicating well...
Also in the News for Monday, Aug. 23
Aug 23, 2021
Pandemic ‘not over’ for SNFs with low vax rates: NIC … State won’t fix mistake with nursing home licensing system … Massachusetts nursing home forced to move 78 residents due to flooding …...
With their own deadlines set, providers ‘wait and see,’ hope for expansion of federal vaccine mandate
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Kimberly Marselas
Danielle Brown
Aug 20, 2021
The COVID-19 vaccination policies and deadlines implemented by several of the country’s largest post-acute care operators will remain intact after President Joe Biden announced a vaccination requirement...
More than 80% of SNFs see occupancy improvement: Ziegler
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Danielle Brown
Aug 20, 2021
Most operators are seeing improvements in their skilled nursing occupancy when compared to their pandemic “low point,” according to the latest results of the Ziegler CFO Hotline survey.
COVID vaccine efficacy waning among nursing home residents in wake of delta, CDC data reveals
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Danielle Brown
Aug 20, 2021
The need for COVID booster shots among nursing home residents may now be apparent after a federal study found that vaccine effectiveness declined significantly among the group after the delta variant started...