‘Unconscionable’: 300 nursing home inspectors still haven’t been tested for COVID-19 despite promise
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 28, 2020
California health officials have yet to test at least 60% of its nursing home inspectors for COVID-19 despite promises to do so from Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
Nursing home workers, caregivers call for increased staffing requirements, protections
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 09, 2021
Long-term care workers in Pennsylvania are seeking significant reform of the state’s nursing home regulations, demanding higher minimum staffing requirements in the wake of COVID-19.
CMS guidance on healthcare worker rule stuck amid legal challenges
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 02, 2021
Further guidance on the federal government’s healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccine rule that was expected to be issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the next two weeks could be...
Providers want more details after administration calls for universal testing at nursing homes
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Danielle Brown
May 15, 2020
Providers are eager to learn how universal testing will be implemented, just days after Vice President Mike Pence called on states to test all residents and staff members for COVID-19 over the next two...
Inflation jumps 8.5% in a year for nursing goods and services, tripling the number of residents at risk...
By
Danielle Brown
May 26, 2022
Rising inflation and increased labor costs are multiplying the risk of closure for skilled nursing facilities across the country, according to a new analysis released Wednesday by CliftonLarsenAllen and...
Initial COVID-19 lockdown had no ‘clinically relevant negative effects’ on residents’ mood, behavior,...
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 19, 2022
Nursing homes’ initial lockdown during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic did not result in “clinically relevant negative effects” on residents’ mood, behavior, social and cognitive functions,...
Pressure mounting on CMS to exclude COVID vaccination data in quality reporting
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 18, 2021
More long-term care stakeholders are calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to ditch its proposal to expand the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program to include staff COVID-19...
Employee spread — not controversial admission policy — was driver behind COVID-19 deaths, report...
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Danielle Brown
Jul 07, 2020
Unwitting nursing home workers in New York — not any specific policy — were the main force that led to COVID-19 fatalities among residents there, a report released by the NY Department of Health has...
Testing expenses could reach $15,000 per week for large nursing homes: report
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Danielle Brown
Sep 11, 2020
It could cost larger nursing homes up to $15,000 per week to comply with new COVID-19 testing requirements for staff members, according to a report released this week by LeadingAge.
Three-day stay waiver, fire safety allowances extended into 2022
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 21, 2021
The temporary waiver for Medicare’s three-day stay requirement will continue at least into January after the COVID-19 public health crisis designation was extended by Health and Human Services Secretary...