Healthcare worker safety gets new emphasis from federal agencies
By
Joe Bush
Dec 13, 2022
Two federal agencies re-emphasized their commitment to nursing home and other healthcare worker safety with actions in the past week, one of which included a request for permanent COVID standards.
ProMedica tackles ‘false’ portrayal of incoming operating partner for 147 sites
By
Joe Bush
Dec 09, 2022
Criticism of a new Welltower skilled nursing operating partnership drove down the real estate investment trust’s stock price Wednesday, but current operator ProMedica said Thursday that a damning report...
CMS can do better with this good idea
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 08, 2022
CMS has a golden idea with its Open Door Forums, but it’s time for some polish.
Long-term care’s big days in court
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 06, 2022
If you’ve been around skilled nursing even just a little while, you’ve seen how these False Claims cases end up, especially since the individuals suing can win triple damages for reporting alleged...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 6
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 06, 2022
Having a sense of purpose can lower the risk of death from any cause … New nursing home quality coalition Moving Forward requests feedback … Researchers granted $7.3M from CDC to study long COVID …...
A Pennsylvania appeals court has revived a 12-year-old civil case against two attorneys who allegedly schemed with a ManorCare nursing home to overcharge an elderly nursing home resident.
2022 McKnight’s Tech Awards + Summit shines
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 05, 2022
Following another year in which COVID-19 and staffing shortages forced skilled nursing operators to innovate, the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards drew a record number of entries.
Symptomless COVID infections found in almost half of US adults, CDC says
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 05, 2022
Approximately 44% of US adults were “possibly asymptomatically infected,” between August 2021 and May 2022, blood serum evidence shows.
An analysis of PREP Act immunity for LTC facilities
By
Norris Cunningham
Angela Rinehart
Dec 04, 2022
A host of lawsuits over the past two years involve nursing homes where patients or their estates allege that patients contracted COVID-19 due to the facilities’ negligence or failure to properly act. ...
Paxlovid cuts COVID hospitalization, which may leave older adults weakened
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 02, 2022
The CDC reports that COVID patients treated with the antiviral Paxlovid have a 51% lower risk of hospitalization, while another study has tied acute-care stays to muscle loss and long COVID.