Plan your vaccine booster clinics now, LeadingAge entreats LTC operators
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 25, 2021
With infections now surging in parts of the United States, facility operators can begin taking steps to offer third COVID-19 vaccine doses to eligible staff and residents in anticipation of a federal go-ahead,...
Feds ‘irresponsible’ to pass COVID-19 testing burdens on to providers, states
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2020
Providers are again calling on the federal government to offer additional funding and resources for coronavirus testing to all aging services providers to help them meet new regulations.
Activities professionals ramp up virtual offerings in response to COVID-19
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 25, 2020
As visitor restrictions approached their third week, activity-oriented companies and professionals continued ramping up virtual resources for senior care providers — sometimes for free. In recognition...
$5K settlement for nursing home that declined to admit opioid dependent patient
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 15, 2018
A skilled nursing facility that denied admission to a patient receiving medically assisted treatment for an opioid addiction has settled federal discrimination charges.
BREAKING: CMS to make shared nursing home ownership, performance clearer for consumers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 28, 2023
Federal regulators will begin posting nursing home affiliations on Nursing Home Care Compare in an attempt to make it easier for consumers to see related facilities and understand their overall performance,...
Medical errors without ‘blame and shame’ can improve frontline worker satisfaction: study
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Mar 10, 2023
Shifting nursing home culture from “deny and defend” to “disclosure and apology” when medical mistakes are made can improve job satisfaction and help stem burnout among employees, according to...
Nursing home docs, therapists hit with CMS pay cut
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 02, 2022
Healthcare providers, including doctors and therapists who treat nursing home patients, will see a key payment factor cut by 4.4% next year.
Medicare Advantage enrollees get less post-acute care than traditional beneficiaries: analysis
By
Joe Bush
Sep 19, 2022
Members of Medicare Advantage plans used post-acute care less than people with traditional Medicare, according to an analysis of 62 studies.
Supreme Court denies religious challenge to NY vaccine mandate
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 14, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court has said that New York can proceed with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for nursing home employees and other healthcare workers even though it does not grant religious exemptions.
CMS ‘getting pretty close’ to releasing details of COVID-19 vaccination mandate
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2021
Long-term care providers and other healthcare employers remain in the dark as to what will be required with the federal government’s impending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for employees.