Providers seek extension of 2% Medicare sequester cut relief through 2021
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 23, 2020
Four of the nation’s top provider groups representing long-term care, home health and hospitals are calling on Congress to extend a moratorium on the 2% Medicare sequester cuts into 2021 and for the...
College town coronavirus outbreak linked to rise in nursing home cases and deaths
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 23, 2020
Officials of a Wisconsin college town are sounding the alarm after a rise in coronavirus cases among students in September was followed by a devastating increase in cases and deaths among nursing home...
National testing strategy a key point in latest COVID-19 relief talks
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 21, 2020
Federal lawmakers are stressing the need for a mandatory coronavirus testing strategy as discussions surrounding a third COVID-19 relief package push forward. A national testing plan has been among the...
Opt-in COVID vaccine program kicks off; Feds partner with CVS, Walgreens
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2020
Long-term care facilities nationwide can voluntarily opt in to a free pharmacy partnership program that will provide and administer future COVID-19 vaccines on site, federal officials announced Friday.
Operators call for reevaluation of nursing home testing and visitation rules
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 15, 2020
New York providers are calling on state officials to ease nursing home testing and visitation requirements in order to bring them closer in line with federal standards.
Providers receive reprieve on advanced Medicare loan repayments
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 09, 2020
Providers who participated in the Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment Program for COVID-19 emergency will now have another year to pay back the loan thanks to Congress.
For husband and wife of 66 years, at long last, a hug
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 08, 2020
After seven months, a husband was finally able to hug his wife of 66 years at a Texas nursing home thanks to expanded long-term care visitation options.
Medisafe Maestro aims to bring precision to medication adherence
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 07, 2020
Digital therapeutics companion platform Medisafe has deployed its new Maestro platform, which aims to orchestrate medication adherence journeys with precision and speed and create personalized patient...
AOTI’s topical oxygen line adds treatment for larger-extremity wounds
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 07, 2020
Advanced Oxygen Therapy expanded its multimodality topical wound oxygen product family with a new, larger extremity-chamber that will allow more patients with non-healing wounds to benefit. The new chamber...
Judge rules nursing home residents can vote by video, while CMS emphasizes that providers must ensure...
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 07, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services this week is reminding providers that they must ensure nursing home residents are able to exercise their right to vote during the upcoming presidential election...