CMS provides glimpse into potential vaccine mandate enforcement
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Danielle Brown
Aug 26, 2021
Providers who fail to quickly comply with a forthcoming federal staff vaccine mandate likely won’t be stripped immediately of their Medicare and Medicaid program eligibility, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
New York won’t enforce booster requirement for healthcare workers
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Danielle Brown
Feb 23, 2022
Long-term care workers in New York won’t be forced to get a COVID-19 booster shot, the state’s top health official said.
AHCA guidance: How to decide who can and can’t enter your building amid coronavirus outbreak
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Danielle Brown
Mar 24, 2020
The American Health Care Association recently issued guidance on the decision-making behind deciding who — from employees to outside contractors like therapy, pharmacy and mental health providers —...
Experts expect COVID-19 to create surge of post-acute residents, more staffing woes
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Danielle Brown
Mar 27, 2020
Staffing will be “key” for post-acute care providers in the coming weeks, especially during an expected surge of residents recovering from the novel 2019 coronavirus, experts say in a new viewpoint...
CMS to expedite review of CLIA waivers for COVID-19 point-of-care tests
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Danielle Brown
Jul 16, 2020
Nursing homes will be required to have Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waivers to perform COVID-19 point-of-care tests. As a result, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is working...
Feds restart regular survey inspections at nursing homes
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Danielle Brown
Aug 18, 2020
Regular surveys are resuming for long-term providers after being suspended for nearly five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
About one-fourth of SNFs reported false positives from antigen tests, industry study finds
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Danielle Brown
Sep 21, 2020
About 20 to 25% of skilled nursing facilities have received false positive results from their COVID-19 point-of-care antigen testing devices, a joint survey conducted by the American Health Care Association...
Lawsuit seeks release of nursing home COVID-19 data
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Danielle Brown
May 07, 2020
The state of Arizona could soon be forced to publicly report which nursing homes are treating coronavirus outbreaks.
Changes revealed in nursing home COVID-19 reporting demands; states are cautioned about reopening
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James M. Berklan
Danielle Brown
May 01, 2020
Federal regulators on Thursday finally released details of an interim rule that mandates nursing homes report COVID-19-related infections directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
CMS granting providers advanced Medicare payments
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Danielle Brown
Mar 30, 2020
Providers responding to the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak will now be able to receive accelerated and advanced Medicare payments, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Saturday. The...