Research supports COVID-19 booster shot mandates for SNF workers
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2022
With the prospect of new strains of the COVID-19 virus looming, researchers are making a case for states to impose vaccination booster shot mandates on nursing home employees.
State news for November 2014
Nov 01, 2014
MISSISSIPPI — Postal inspectors allege nursing home employees here and in California may have unwittingly referred families and residents seeking help with Medicaid and veterans’ benefits to an...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 17
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 17, 2023
2024 Medicare Advantage and Part D star ratings released … Electrode zap helps with recurring UTIs … Eye docs to Medicare: Ease up on Avastin shortage hurdles … How to grand long-term care to incarcerated...
Staffing mandate costs estimated at $6.5B annually, with 1 in 4 residents at risk of displacement, AHCA...
By
Josh Henreckson
May 10, 2024
The federal staffing mandate handed down by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will cost the long-term care sector $6.5 billion each year, according to analyses from the American Health Care...
These practical, effective strategies will protect your LTC residents against rising COVID-19 threats
By
Buffy Lloyd-Krejci, DrPH, CIC
Nov 09, 2023
This fall, flu isn’t the only communicable, infectious disease that long-term care facilities are worried about. COVID-19 — now endemic in our population — is also a looming threat, with all signs...
Bipartisan bills address hospital backlogs with nursing home pay
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Feb 06, 2023
Unable to attract enough workers to meet staffing minimums, many nursing homes across the US have closed wings or units or restricted new admissions over the past year. Washington may get a reprieve.
Also in the News for Monday, Sept. 28
Sep 28, 2020
1 in 6 nursing homes have reported staff shortages during pandemic: study … Sabra Health Care REIT evaluating ongoing concerns by Genesis, Signature … 23 New York nursing homes have been fined a total...
State News – October 2023
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
Gov. Tim Walz (D) (pictured) took a budget victory lap at a nursing home late this summer, allowing the operator to ask for continued and more robust support for the sector.
Ballot question on nurse-patient ratios shone a spotlight on vacancies
By
David Wilkins
Jan 09, 2019
Time-to-fill challenges in senior living and post-acute are often characterized by multiple underlying conditions, including a lack of data or knowledge of benchmarks, challenges around skillsets and organizational...
Providers want 24-hour RN staffing proposal cut from House infrastructure plan
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 05, 2021
The nation’s largest nursing home association is demanding that lawmakers withdraw a proposal in President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill that would require long-term care facilities to have a registered...