This pandemic has shifted our perspective like few things have done before. Now, here we are, at the end of July, hitting milestones such as 4 million U.S. cases and other depressing records. And...
Providers offer mixed reaction to Senate Republicans’ $1T COVID-19 spending bill
By
Liza Berger
Jul 28, 2020
The long-term care associations offered starkly different responses to Senate Republicans’ $1 trillion coronavirus bill, entitled the HEAL Act, which Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) revealed...
High number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes prompts new legislation, soul searching
By
Liza Berger
Jul 28, 2020
The large number of deaths related to the coronavirus in Michigan’s nursing homes has resulted in a congressional inquiry and the Legislature’s passage of legislation to create COVID-only facilities....
HHS: Nursing homes on track to conduct more than 806,000 COVID-19 tests in coming weeks
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Liza Berger
Jul 28, 2020
Nursing homes will be able to conduct more than 806,000 COVID-19 tests in coming weeks as a result of new point-of-care devices provided by the government, Department of Health and Human Services Assistant...
Speakman leads ‘McKnight’s’ honors haul in Hermes national awards competition
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Liza Berger
Jul 28, 2020
McKnight’s Long-Term Care’s website earned two Platinum Awards, the highest honor possible, in the 2020 Hermes Creative Awards competition. The brand also received nine additional awards — some...
Also in the News for Tuesday, July 28
By
Liza Berger
Jul 28, 2020
FEMA continues to receive complaints about faulty PPE … Administration to award additional $472M to Moderna for coronavirus vaccine development … Texas nursing home deaths spike in last two weeks
CMS names first facilities to receive point-of-care COVID-19 tests
By
Liza Berger
Jul 26, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the names of 636 nursing homes set to receive the first batch of COVID-19 point-of-care test devices.
Republican version of stimulus bill likely to include liability reform
By
Liza Berger
Jul 26, 2020
Although the Republicans’ version of the latest stimulus bill is still in the works, it likely will include liability reform measures and an extension of telehealth reimbursement policies.
As U.S. death toll from coronavirus mounts, so does mortality in long-term care
By
Liza Berger
Jul 26, 2020
The U.S. death toll from the novel coronavirus has surpassed 145,000, and the number of cases now has topped 4 million, as transmission surges around the country, according to news reports. Total...
McConnell COVID-19 stimulus proposal offers mere fraction of funding requested by providers
By
Liza Berger
Jul 24, 2020
Long-term care providers are eagerly awaiting details of a fourth economic stimulus package. But they may want to brace themselves for some disappointment. As of Thursday, a draft of a proposal by Sen....