Staffing requirements could cost NY facilities $325 million more
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 31, 2022
New York nursing homes would have to shell out an additional $325 million in order to meet a new minimum state staffing requirement set to be enforced starting Friday, according to a new analysis.
Providers ‘very encouraged’ after meeting with CMS leader on nursing home reform
By
Danielle Brown
James M. Berklan
Mar 30, 2022
After initial dismay upon hearing the administration’s strategies for sweeping new nursing home reform plans last month, providers were more optimistic after meeting with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
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...
AHCA/NCAL: When inspected during pandemic, most nursing homes deficiency-free
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 28, 2022
Despite navigating unprecedented hardship and loss during the pandemic, there is evidence that care in nursing homes held steady in a number of quantifiable areas, according to the organization’s...
Long wait times for licenses complicate nurse hiring
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Danielle Brown
Mar 24, 2022
Nurses are growing increasingly frustrated with significant delays getting licenses needed to work in new states, an accommodation employers increasingly need to address severe staffing shortages.
Judge approves sale of bankrupt nursing home chain
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 24, 2022
An East Coast-based developer making inroads in multiple healthcare sectors has been cleared to take over a struggling Iowa nursing home chain with 10 facilities.
HHS releasing another $413 million in Provider Relief Funds
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 23, 2022
Nursing homes waiting for COVID-19 relief payments now have another opportunity to receive them after the federal government announced it would distribute another $413 million from the Provider Relief...
OSHA accepting new comments on healthcare worker COVID-19 protection rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2022
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is accepting additional comments as it establishes a final rule meant to protect long-term care workers and other healthcare providers from exposure to...
Clinical briefs for Monday, March 21
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 21, 2022
Aerosolized hydrogen peroxide slashes C. diff rates in acute-care settings … Memory deficits afflict about 70% of patients with long COVID, investigators say … Even with statins, high triglycerides...
Docs push for new COVID-19 funding as signs point to rebound in U.S. omicron cases
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 17, 2022
The alternative is to risk leaving patients without access to needed vaccines, treatments and testing, the American College of Physicians has told Congress.