Desperate for testing, PPE, providers asked to report all COVID cases to authorities
By
Liza Berger
Apr 13, 2020
In an effort to secure needed testing and personal protective equipment (PPE), both major long-term care associations are urging providers to report all COVID-19-positive cases to state survey agencies...
A tale of two facilities: One evacuates after employees fail to show; the other moves aggressively to...
By
Liza Berger
Danielle Brown
Apr 09, 2020
Two nursing homes dealing with coronavirus outbreaks are experiencing different outcomes, revealing just how fragmented the situation on the frontlines can be.
Finally, a seat at the table
By
Liza Berger
Apr 08, 2020
Senior care providers, this is your time. Help healthcare get its act together.
McKnight’s 40 for 40: John Erickson
By
Liza Berger
Apr 06, 2020
Many middle-class older adults living their golden years in socially engaging retirement communities have one person to thank: John Erickson.
Expert: Sending COVID-19-positive residents to hospital may be wrong ‘knee-jerk’ reaction
By
Liza Berger
Danielle Brown
Apr 02, 2020
Based on the negative outcomes of the coronavirus, long-term care facilities should not automatically send COVID-19-positive residents to the hospital for treatment, the chair of AMDA The Society for Post-Acute...
CMS delays MDS 3.0 push
By
Liza Berger
Apr 01, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has delayed the release of an updated Minimum Data Set — another indicator of how the agency was refocusing its resources on efforts to stem the coronavirus...
MA’s highest court deals arbitration win
By
Liza Berger
Apr 01, 2020
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled in favor of an arbitration agreement in place at a Golden Living facility.
Analysis: Medicaid program on the chopping block
By
Liza Berger
Apr 01, 2020
While previous administrations have gone after Medicaid spending and capitulated, that is little consolation to current long-term care stakeholders and longtime observers. They wonder if this time the...
No coronavirus fools here
By
Liza Berger
Apr 01, 2020
Unreal days like these forge that unique substance called character.
Massachusetts nursing home blazes trail by emptying out to become COVID-19-specific facility
By
Liza Berger
Mar 31, 2020
In a rare move that is likely to be replicated throughout the country, a nursing home in Massachusetts this week is transforming itself to become the state’s first facility for treating patients with...