More state officials under fire: Delayed classification of nearly 1,000 nursing home COVID-19 deaths
By
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.
Provider COVID-19 relief funds now to be based on 2018 patient revenue
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 03, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services will now be basing its entire distribution of $50 billion in COVID-19 relief funding on providers’ 2018 net patient revenues.
Providers worry there won’t be enough supplies to test nursing home workers twice a week
By
Danielle Brown
May 18, 2020
New York providers are calling on state officials to provide “full assistance” following a new mandate to test workers twice a week — something they say is nearly “impossible” to comply without...
Nursing homes face financial collapse without state aid, providers say
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 17, 2020
Leaders of Connecticut’s nursing home associations are calling on state leaders to step in to save providers from what they warn would be financial collapse amid the coronavirus pandemic.
New law sets minimum staffing ratios at nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 27, 2020
Providers in New Jersey could spend millions of dollars in order to comply with a new state law that sets minimum direct care staff-to-resident ratios at long-term care facilities.
Lawmakers to pass $8.3B coronavirus relief bill; Medicaid, Medicare to cover testing
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 06, 2020
Lawmakers are on the verge of passing a bill that would provide $8.3 billion in emergency funding to help federal agencies respond to the coronavirus outbreak in the United States.
Leaders expect more providers to follow suit after first Massachusetts operator announces vaccine mandate
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 02, 2021
More long-term care operators in Massachusetts are expected to start mandating COVID-19 shots for all employers after one of the first major providers in the state announced its own policy for workers...
CMS will pay more to labs that process COVID-19 tests quicker starting Jan. 1
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 16, 2020
Laboratories that process coronavirus diagnostic tests within two calendar days will receive a higher Medicare reimbursement than those that take longer, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced...
CDC releases updated consolidated testing guidelines for nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 16, 2020
Testing a nursing home resident for COVID-19 more than once in a 24-hour period is not being encouraged by the federal government under updated guidance.
Now-open portal provides path to additional Provider Relief Funds
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2021
Long-term care operators can now begin applying for a share of $25.5 billion in COVID-19 relief money after the application portal for Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund and rural payments opened on Wednesday.