One Equity Partners and The Silverfern Group have acquired American Medical Technologies, an independent provider of wound care programs for more than 6,000 U.S. long-term care facilities.
Can massive nursing homes strike be averted? That’s the $280 million question
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Danielle Brown
May 12, 2021
An additional $280 million in funding for nursing homes — including a 10% boost for Medicaid and a 4.5% wage increase — has been proposed by Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) in an effort to avert a...
Policy allowing asymptomatic caregivers with COVID to stay on job could worsen staffing, providers say
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Danielle Brown
Nov 30, 2020
Providers in Oklahoma are skeptical of a new measure that allows asymptomatic healthcare staff members to continue working in long-term care facilities and hospitals even though they have COVID-19.
CMS unleashes new tool for improving facility air quality
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Danielle Brown
Feb 04, 2022
Funding is available for long-term care providers looking to make air quality upgrades to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Stimulus package funding could come within days for nursing homes
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Danielle Brown
Apr 10, 2020
Experts expect nursing homes to receive funding relief from the $2 trillion stimulus package within days after the Trump administration announced it will begin distributing the first $30 billion in funding...
Senators propose $25K pay increases for essential workers; nurse practitioners gain privileges at nursing...
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Danielle Brown
Apr 10, 2020
Essential workers on the frontline of the coronavirus, like those in nursing homes, could see a pay increase of up to $25,000 under a federal lawmaker’s proposal.
Feds demand states expand COVID-19 vaccine administration to more seniors
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Danielle Brown
Jan 13, 2021
More seniors will be able to start getting their first COVID-19 vaccinations after top federal health officials ordered states to expand their priority groups for doses this week.
Group wants feds to probe Medicare Advantage plans wrongly denying care
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Danielle Brown
May 25, 2022
An influential group of healthcare providers is calling on the Department of Justice to investigate Medicare Advantage organizations that have been found wrongly denying services to beneficiaries.
Nursing homes carefully evaluating ‘unprecedented’ Medicaid block grant proposal
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Danielle Brown
Sep 18, 2019
The recent unveiling on an “unprecedented” state proposal to convert its Medicaid program into a block grant system has a Tennessee provider advocate on high alert as it evaluates the plan’s possible...
Golden Living fends off wrongful death suit in arbitration case referred by federal appeals court
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Danielle Brown
Mar 02, 2020
Providers registered a significant win last week when Massachusetts’ top court emphatically reconfirmed that relatives of deceased nursing home residents cannot file a wrongful death lawsuit against...