Another COVID-19 suit heads into limbo over PREP Act as jurisdiction battles mount nationally
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 31, 2021
An Alabama nursing home hoping to fight off a wrongful death suit related to COVID-19 is one of a growing number waiting for their day court.
Governor’s team threatened nursing home licenses, fines in vaccine-ordering dust-up
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 31, 2021
Confusion over unclaimed COVID-19 vaccines led high-ranking New York officials to threaten penalties, license revocations and public shaming of nursing homes they may have wrongly considered at fault.
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Mar 31, 2021
‘Pain champions’ in nursing homes spur better adoption of guidelines: study … State leaders gut proposed visitation law before passing it … Legal scholars want investigation into investigator of...
Lawmakers’ request would heap more COVID-19 data reporting on LTC providers
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 26, 2021
Nursing homes could soon be required to report their COVID-19 vaccination data to the federal government if a request from a bipartisan group of lawmakers is granted by President Joe Biden’s administration.
Also in the News for Friday, March 26
Mar 26, 2021
Senate agrees to delay 2% Medicare sequestration cuts for providers … NY lawmakers vote to repeal immunity protections for nursing homes … Report finds that state officials’ lack of preparation for...
Senators reach deal on delaying Medicare sequestration cuts, report says
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 25, 2021
Providers likely will get their wished-for delay on 2% Medicare sequester cuts worth billions of dollars extended through the rest of the year, thanks to a deal reached in the Senate.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, March 24
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 24, 2021
Judge denies Omnicare request to dismiss fraud lawsuit involving resident prescriptions at more than 3,000 senior living communities … Natural COVID infection not ‘durable’ protection compared with...
FBI investigating whether state gave Justice Department false nursing home data
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 23, 2021
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is now facing a new federal inquiry stemming from the revelation that his office lied about the state’s nursing home coronavirus death data.
House votes to delay 2% Medicare sequestration cuts, but Senate battle and another 4% reduction loom
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 22, 2021
A bill to delay a 2% across-the-board cut to Medicare that would affect all of its providers passed the House of Representatives in a bipartisan vote Friday. But its future remains murky.
Also in the News for Wednesday, March 17
Mar 17, 2021
Antibiotic use in nursing homes saw a big jump in early pandemic months … PA nursing homes fined more than $31K for COVID-related complaints … First-of-its-kind study finds Pfizer COVID vaccine highly...