Controversial New York order caused more COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents … San Francisco will require nursing home workers to be fully vaccinated … Judge approves $15M settlement in infamous...
Operators announce winners of inaugural scholarship program for employee children
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Danielle Brown
Jun 16, 2021
Eight children of current employees for two long-term care operators were announced as the winners of an inaugural scholarship program designed to support family members of the healthcare workers who plan...
CMS must consider pandemic’s broader impact before toying with PDPM rates: analysis
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Danielle Brown
Jun 16, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must consider the COVID-19 pandemic’s broad impact on the skilled nursing patient population and the resulting effect it had on Medicare payments for SNF...
‘Truly a matter of life and death’: Final distributions of PRF funding ‘must not’ forget LTC...
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Danielle Brown
Jun 16, 2021
Any future plans to distribute the remaining dollars in the Provider Relief Fund must include long-term care pharmacies which have been “largely excluded” from the relief so far, a national industry...
Nursing home patient charges kept pace in 2020, despite pandemic: report
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Danielle Brown
Jun 16, 2021
The average cost of long-term care continued to increase in 2020, according to a new report from long-term care insurance company LTCG.
Also in the News for Wednesday, June 16
Jun 16, 2021
California SNF operator accused of paying kickbacks to physicians … Florida nursing homes report 20% spike in COVID cases … SNFs test sustainability of telehealth post-COVID … Medicaid expansion...
Healthcare infrastructure missing ‘centralized access point’ to long-term care: experts
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Danielle Brown
Jun 15, 2021
The healthcare industry is lacking a centralized, community-based resource that can easily direct families to long-term care services and support when the time arises, according to three prominent industry...
Federal proposal would permanently expand some Medicare telehealth services
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Danielle Brown
Jun 15, 2021
Medicare nursing home residents would keep their access to some telehealth flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic long after the public health crisis is over under a new proposal from a bipartisan...
Provider groups seek dismissal of COVID lawsuit against NY nursing home to avoid ‘far-ranging consequences’...
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Danielle Brown
Jun 15, 2021
Both nursing homes and hospitals could face “far-ranging consequences” if a COVID-related lawsuit against a New York long-term care facility allows retroactive use of the state’s repeal of pandemic...
Also in the News for Tuesday, June 15
Jun 15, 2021
OIG: California didn’t ensure nursing homes reported neglect, abuse incidents timely … Michigan nursing homes could see more new patients from new no-fault auto insurance rule … Florida switches...