Providers plea for support after Trump nixes COVID-19 relief talks
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Danielle Brown
Oct 08, 2020
President Trump’s abrupt decision to halt negotiations between his staff and federal lawmakers on another COVID-19 relief bill until after the election could mean doom for residents and workers at long-term...
Operators urged to provide more emotional support for nursing assistants after pandemic’s costly toll
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Danielle Brown
Oct 15, 2021
Long-term care operators must provide more mental health and emotional support for nursing assistants in response to the psychological and physical toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on them, according...
CMS gives therapy providers the green light to provide Medicare telehealth services
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Danielle Brown
May 01, 2020
Therapy providers will now be able to offer their services through telehealth to Medicare patients after the federal government announced a new set of rules and waivers Thursday. The move should help facilitate...
More state officials under fire: Delayed classification of nearly 1,000 nursing home COVID-19 deaths
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Danielle Brown
Mar 24, 2021
Another governor is on the ropes about possibly withholding nursing home COVID-19 death data to help the state’s overall fatality numbers.
Bill requires visitations to resume in nursing homes even during public health emergencies
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Danielle Brown
Mar 10, 2021
Georgia providers would be required to provide access to some visitors even during public health emergencies under a proposal recently approved by state lawmakers.
State promotes testing visitors for COVID-19 before entering nursing homes
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Danielle Brown
Oct 23, 2020
Connecticut health officials and long-term care leaders are encouraging providers to adopt visitor COVID-19 testing policies in order to prevent outbreaks at facilities.
Nursing homes ‘really at the brink’: Providers beg families to not visit for Thanksgiving
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Danielle Brown
Nov 24, 2020
Providers across the country are pleading with residents’ families and loved ones to find alternative ways to celebrate the upcoming holidays in order to prevent further disaster at nursing homes.
$3T stimulus proposal calls for MFAR delay, 14% FMAP increase, $500M SNF ‘strike team’ fund
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Danielle Brown
May 14, 2020
A Medicaid proposal that providers say could cut up to $50 billion nationwide from the program annually would be barred from being finalized during the coronavirus pandemic under a $3 trillion stimulus...
Amid controversy, NY announces visitation reopenings at nursing homes, ‘sweeping’ operator reforms
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Danielle Brown
Feb 23, 2021
Indoor visitations will resume Friday at nursing homes in New York.
LTC now has higher federal priority for PPE, testing
By
Danielle Brown
Liza Berger
Apr 30, 2020
Long-term care providers have finally been given a higher priority status to receive personal protection equipment and other relief from the federal government during the ongoing coronavirus health crisis.