Medicaid recipients can’t be charged for PPE, state warns … NIC survey details COVID-19’s impact across senior living, long-term care … Lawmakers ask state attorney generals to investigate nursing...
Nursing home RNs, nurse aides lead with 11 percent pay jumps: new industry survey
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 29, 2022
Thanks to the conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing home nurses averaged double-digit pay increases this year, as virtually all titles notched healthy increases, according to the industry’s...
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Oct 20, 2020
Michigan nursing home workers strike over pandemic conditions, strike at several other facilities averted … 21% of Medicare beneficiaries have forgone some healthcare because of pandemic: CMS survey...
This state’s long-term care providers need 23,000 workers … and counting
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 12, 2021
Nearly 70% of nursing homes here are restricting admissions because of a lack of staffing.
Also in the News for Friday, Oct. 15
Oct 15, 2021
Federal officials inch closer to approving Biden’s vaccine mandate for private-sector workers … Nearly half of long-term care execs expect operating margins to increase within next six months: survey...
Also in the News for Tuesday, June 16
Jun 16, 2020
Texas uses ‘strike force’ to stop the spread of COVID-19 at nursing homes … Feds detail how providers can contact former COVID-19 patients for plasma donation … PPE access remains a top concern...
New COVID-19 reporting could impact surveys; PPE supplier list developed
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Danielle Brown
May 13, 2020
Provider COVID-19 reporting data will likely be used by surveyors during their investigations, according to the nation’s largest nursing home association.
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Apr 03, 2020
CMS plans to recoup Medicaid funds from providers kicked out of the program … Medical directors are key to survey success for providers: experts … Treasury Department reverses course, says Social Security...
Also in the News for Tuesday, June 7
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 07, 2022
Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund payments on hold for some providers … Lawmakers finalize bill that aims to strengthen nursing home ombudsman program … Ohio appeals court rules state broke law by not releasing...
Also in the News for Monday, April 27
Apr 27, 2020
Coronavirus patients admitted to Queens nursing home — accompanied by empty body bags … Survey shows Michigan nursing homes were better prepared for coronavirus pandemic than H1N1 … PruittHealth...