The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will not be enforcing its rule requiring healthcare workers at Medicare- and Medicaid-certified facilities to be vaccinated against COVID-19 while preliminary...
Experts want methadone rules changed to help SNFs tackle opioid dependency
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Danielle Brown
Nov 20, 2019
Experts are calling for changes to methadone regulations that would improve care for opioid-dependent SNF residents.
Staffing requirements could cost NY facilities $325 million more
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Danielle Brown
Mar 31, 2022
New York nursing homes would have to shell out an additional $325 million in order to meet a new minimum state staffing requirement set to be enforced starting Friday, according to a new analysis.
Project aims to grow happiness
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Danielle Brown
Dec 01, 2020
A New York-based grassroots effort launched to help nursing homes and their residents cope during the coronavirus pandemic has been able to send gifts to nearly 60 facilities nationwide with the help of...
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May 17, 2021
CDC: COVID-19 vaccines highly effective among healthcare workers … CMS details how states can access additional Medicaid funding for HCBS … Missouri governor halts Medicaid expansion effort
LeadingAge Florida, Eldergrow awarded $1M to launch therapeutic gardening program for dozens of facilities
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Danielle Brown
Jun 02, 2021
Nearly two dozen Florida nursing homes will have access to a national indoor gardening program designed for residents, thanks to a $1 million Civil Monetary Penalty grant.
Nursing home giant Ensign touts ‘sequential growth’ in occupancy, revenue
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Danielle Brown
Apr 29, 2022
Ensign Group executives believe the company is in an excellent position to soon reach pre-pandemic occupancy levels after seeing overall growth for the fifth consecutive quarter.
Vaccinated long-term care residents in the clear from COVID-19 — for now
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Danielle Brown
Jul 12, 2021
Long-term care residents and staff fully vaccinated against COVID-19 don’t need booster shots anytime soon, according to federal health officials.
Fear of potential side effects the top reason nursing home workers hesitate to get COVID vaccine: study
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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.
‘We felt we had to take a stand’: New York providers fight redundant abuse-reporting law
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Danielle Brown
Feb 25, 2020
Officials for a New York county overstepped their authority when they created a law that requires nursing homes to report injuries and abuse to county officials twice a year. This is according to long-term...