BREAKING: 16,000 COVID deaths missed in nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 09, 2021
More than 16,000 COVID-19 deaths and 68,000 cases among nursing home residents nationwide were omitted from federal data after officials made it optional for providers to submit some information during...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 15
Dec 15, 2020
COVID-19 neurologic fallout not restricted to those who are severely ill … Providers scramble to prioritize workers for COVID shots … Gout may increase epilepsy risk … Groups praise bipartisan Alzheimer’s-related...
Also in the News for Wednesday, March 30
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 30, 2022
FDA authorizes second booster for seniors and the immunocompromised … Provider request granted: Federal agency announces effort to reduce immigration backlogs … Tennessee opening up $230 million in...
Proposed final rules show feds ‘getting serious’ about patient access to health data: experts
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 10, 2020
Two new final rules proposed by the Trump administration should serve as a warning to providers that the federal government “is serious” about ensuring patients and residents have access to their health...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Feb. 23
Feb 23, 2021
OSHA now overseeing whistleblower complaints … CMS won’t enforce civil money penalties on Texas nursing homes who don’t report COVID cases during weather crisis … Frailty among nursing home residents...
‘Unfathomable greed’: Lawmaker accuses Genesis HealthCare of misusing federal coronavirus relief...
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 01, 2021
The nation’s largest nursing home operator is on the defense after a federal lawmaker accused it of using coronavirus federal relief funds to “line the pockets of company executives.”
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services appears to be weighing changes to its nursing home room capacity standards, based on recommendations included in updated guidance released Wednesday.
CMS leaning on providers to form new PDPM pay rates
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 16, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is relying on data metrics regarding trends or changes in provider behavior, payments and beneficiary care quality as it considers potential adjustments to...
Feds ramp up COVID-19 testing efforts at nursing homes with release of 750k more POC supplies
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 09, 2020
Nursing homes in areas with the high COVID-19 positivity rates will be receiving another point-of-care testing option from the federal government starting next week.
Also in the News for Monday, April 4
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 04, 2022
Omicron causes significant SNF Medicare mix increase: NIC … GAO wants feds to investigate quality of telehealth services … NY begins enforcing minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes … Nursing...