CMS to use staffing data to assess PPE needs; freezes star ratings
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 27, 2020
Providers’ staffing totals will be used to address their personal protective equipment needs during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new memo from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Turning residents away may be only option for nursing homes to operate, exec says
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 07, 2021
Long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania are considering turning new resident admissions away due to ongoing workforce shortages.
Also in the News for Thursday, Feb. 17
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 17, 2022
Operators must establish new career pathways, provide more flexibility to stabilize workforce: study … Proposal would require hospitals to be notified of nursing home closures … Financial services...
Ownership transparency, coordination could produce better nursing home oversight, expert says
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 02, 2019
Policy makers will have to go “much further than reducing regulatory inefficiencies or red tape” in order to improve nursing home oversight, one veteran stakeholder is arguing.
Minnesota starts testing nursing home inspectors before entering facilities
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 08, 2020
Nursing home surveyors in Minnesota are now being tested for COVID-19 after state officials faced criticism for allowing the inspectors to go into facilities without first being tested for the disease.
Also in the News for Tuesday, Sept. 15
Sep 15, 2020
SNF Quality Reporting Program seeking public input on healthcare-associated infections measure … Former long-term care worker pleads guilty in $400K kickback scheme … State invests $4 million to train...
NY won’t release data from nursing home study that found employee spread was driver behind COVID-19...
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 13, 2021
New York’s state health department is facing pressure to release facility survey data from a controversial nursing home study that found employee spread was the main force that led to a major COVID-19...
SNF occupancy growing — and so is level of patient needs
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 06, 2022
Occupancy at skilled nursing facilities has continued its steady increase, and at the same time operators are seeing increased care needs from residents, new data from the National Investment Center for...
94% of beneficiaries satisfied with Medicare Advantage plans
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 18, 2019
A large majority of seniors in Medicare Advantage plans are “very satisfied” with the coverage, according to a new survey released Monday. This stands in stark contrast to many providers, who complain...
Fear of potential side effects the top reason nursing home workers hesitate to get COVID vaccine: study
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 04, 2021
More than two-thirds of nursing home staffers cited associated side effects as the top reason for why they’re skeptical to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study.