CMS approves emergency Medicaid waivers for 11 more states … EEOC to hold coronavirus webinar addressing employment laws … Medicaid expansion effort in Missouri continues … NY panel calls for $400M...
Show us the data: COVID vaccine boosters may get go-ahead, but LTC docs remain wary
By
Alicia Lasek
Danielle Brown
Aug 09, 2021
Booster shots for the most vulnerable appear to be on a fast track to federal authorization. But clinicians want information about necessity, safety, dosing and more to justify prescribing an extra dose...
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Apr 14, 2021
Nursing home reform a ‘fleeting opportunity’ for industry: Kramer … Arizona advocates seek answers on state’s long-term care ombudsman program … Legislation that would delay 2% Medicare cuts...
OSHA to increase COVID inspections under program targeting SNFs
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 07, 2022
A federal program that targets skilled nursing and other long-term care facilities for COVID-19 inspections and compliance is being extended past its Thursday deadline.
Providers pushing back against effort that would make nursing homes liable for COVID-19 failures
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 06, 2021
Long-term care providers are trying to thwart an effort by Connecticut lawmakers that would allow lawsuits to be filed against nursing homes that failed to comply with state and federal COVID-19 guidance...
CMS releases provider COVID-19 case, death totals to consumers on Nursing Home Compare
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 05, 2020
The number of coronavirus deaths and cases among facility’s residents and workers is now publicly available on the Nursing Home Compare website, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced...
Expert predicts ‘win’ for nursing homes in ‘big’ new SCOTUS case
By
Danielle Brown
May 03, 2022
The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday said it will review a ruling that revived an injury lawsuit against a state-owned nursing home.
Lawmakers allow long-term care providers to keep using personal care attendants as extra staffing source...
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 28, 2021
Florida’s personal care attendant program lauded by long-term care providers will remain in place after state lawmakers codified the measure earlier this week.
Teamwork the solution to COVID’s ‘relentless burden,’ workers say
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 27, 2022
Well-coordinated efforts among colleagues was the key to successfully surviving the COVID-19 pandemic for a group nursing home workers who described the first two years of the pandemic as the most stressful...
$800M to improve staffing, infection control under latest draft of Build Back Better
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
Nearly $1 billion in grant funding aimed at helping long-term care providers improve wages and benefits, as well as infection control efforts, is on the table in the Senate’s latest version of the Build...