COVID-19 strategies for success focus of latest McKnight’s Online Forum
By
Danielle Brown
May 05, 2020
Strategies for how providers can “strive and thrive” during the COVID-19 pandemic will be the focus of a special McKnight’s Online Forum next week.
Now it’s seniors demanding that workers have enough PPE
By
Danielle Brown
May 04, 2020
The demand for sufficient supplies of personal protective equipment for nursing home workers continues to grow. A new survey from AARP revealed that a vast majority of seniors want healthcare workers to...
May IT Update
May 01, 2020
» Healthcare organizations battling the COVID-19 pandemic have also faced heightened cybersecurity threats from hackers looking to take advantage of the crisis caused by the outbreak. Email security firm...
How to do it … Renovating during and after COVID-19
May 01, 2020
For long-term care providers, the coronavirus crisis can cut deep into renovation plans. As facilities find themselves scrambling for financial relief to stop the hemorrhaging, they remain determined to...
CMS gives therapy providers the green light to provide Medicare telehealth services
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Danielle Brown
May 01, 2020
Therapy providers will now be able to offer their services through telehealth to Medicare patients after the federal government announced a new set of rules and waivers Thursday. The move should help facilitate...
LTC now has higher federal priority for PPE, testing
By
Danielle Brown
Liza Berger
Apr 30, 2020
Long-term care providers have finally been given a higher priority status to receive personal protection equipment and other relief from the federal government during the ongoing coronavirus health crisis.
CMS to use staffing data to assess PPE needs; freezes star ratings
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 27, 2020
Providers’ staffing totals will be used to address their personal protective equipment needs during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new memo from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
More than 70% of providers lack PPE as U.S. COVID-19 death toll passes 50,000, AHCA chief says
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 27, 2020
A vast majority of healthcare providers are still struggling to find adequate personal protective equipment for workers during the coronavirus crisis.
Also in the News for Monday, April 27
Apr 27, 2020
Coronavirus patients admitted to Queens nursing home — accompanied by empty body bags … Survey shows Michigan nursing homes were better prepared for coronavirus pandemic than H1N1 … PruittHealth...
Long-term care providers urged to prepare for widespread coronavirus testing
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Danielle Brown
Apr 24, 2020
Providers are being urged to prepare for a dramatic increase in coronavirus testing as federal regulators and states continue to emphasize the importance of testing everyone in nursing facilities.