Residents in unionized nursing homes less likely to die of COVID-19, analysis shows
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Danielle Brown
Sep 14, 2020
Nursing homes with a unionized workforce were less likely to have COVID-19 deaths when compared to facilities without healthcare worker unions, according to a study in Health Affairs. The findings support...
Hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents’ votes at risk thanks to pandemic
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Danielle Brown
Aug 21, 2020
Visitor restrictions at long-term care facilities and adapted voting procedures due to the pandemic are clouding the prospects of nursing home residents getting to a ballot box this November, advocates...
Staff living with nursing home residents with COVID-19 reduced deaths, cases: study
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Danielle Brown
Aug 18, 2020
Isolating staff members and nursing home residents together is an effective method for reducing coronavirus cases and deaths in long-term care facilities, according to a new study featured in JAMA.
Inflation jumps 8.5% in a year for nursing goods and services, tripling the number of residents at risk...
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Danielle Brown
May 26, 2022
Rising inflation and increased labor costs are multiplying the risk of closure for skilled nursing facilities across the country, according to a new analysis released Wednesday by CliftonLarsenAllen and...
‘Unrealistic’ for providers to believe COVID-19 will be fully eliminated: expert
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Danielle Brown
Oct 20, 2021
A pandemic expert on Monday told long-term care providers that going back to normal and completely eliminating COVID-19 “will likely never happen” in the United States.
New federal guidance says employers can require COVID-19 vaccine giving providers ‘peace of mind’
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Danielle Brown
Jun 02, 2021
Long-term care providers can require staff to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment, according to new guidance released late last week by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Only 64 U.S. nursing homes — 0.5 percent — had no COVID-19 outbreak the last half of 2020: GAO
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Danielle Brown
May 20, 2021
U.S. nursing homes on average have each experienced about three COVID-19 outbreaks during the ongoing public health crisis, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Providers push Congress for permanent telehealth capabilities — pandemic’s ‘silver lining’
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Danielle Brown
Apr 29, 2021
Long-term care stakeholders are looking forward to telehealth policies remaining a “very, very hot topic” in Congress during the COVID-19 public health emergency, and beyond. Service providers say...
Nursing home supervisor could face criminal charges for working without a mask while ill, subsequent...
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Danielle Brown
Sep 03, 2020
Criminal charges could be coming for a Connecticut nursing home supervisor accused of working without a mask despite being exposed to COVID-19. Days later, the staff member tested positive for the disease...
COVID-19 costs should be baked into the SNF PPS payment structure for ‘foreseeable future,’ AHCA...
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Danielle Brown
Jun 11, 2020
The federal government should integrate increased costs associated with COVID-19 care in the SNF PPS payment structure for the “foreseeable future” to ensure adequate reimbursement, according to the...