HHS releases additional details on how nursing homes can receive infection control incentive payments
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 21, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services has released final details on how it will pay out $2 billion in COVID-19 relief funding through its incentive-based payment program.
Nursing home antipsychotic use has dipped nearly 19% under national effort, latest figures show
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 31, 2014
The percent of long-stay nursing home residents receiving antipsychotic medication has decreased 18.8% under a nationwide initiative that started in 2012.
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Sheldon L. Goldberg
By
John O'Connor
Sep 08, 2020
Long-term care may be constantly changing. Still, some issues never seem to vanish. Take uneven survey and enforcement practices. A recent problem? Hardly. In fact, it was one of Sheldon Goldberg’s chief...
Most states choose long-term care to receive first COVID vaccinations, feds say
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 10, 2020
Although they are not obliged to do so, 36 states so far have told federal health officials that first doses should go to long-term care facilities, the COO of Operation Warp Speed said Wednesday.
A win for long-term care: Providers applaud withdrawal of MFAR proposal
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 15, 2020
Providers cheered federal health officials’ decision to withdraw a proposal they warned could cut up to $50 billion nationwide from the Medicaid program annually.
What’s in a name? We’re about to find out—maybe
Jan 21, 2011
Hope you have a pencil handy with your scorecard at home. One with a good eraser.
Federal judge vacates ‘Public Charge’ rule denounced by LTC advocates
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 04, 2020
A federal judge has struck down a rule that long-term care advocates previously warned could limit immigrants’ access to long-term care services and hurt the industry’s workforce.
Feds ‘irresponsible’ to pass COVID-19 testing burdens on to providers, states
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2020
Providers are again calling on the federal government to offer additional funding and resources for coronavirus testing to all aging services providers to help them meet new regulations.
Religious nursing homes have more severe violations, fewer complaint-driven inspections than counterparts:...
By
Danielle Brown
May 20, 2022
Religious nursing homes are less likely to undergo complaint-driven inspections despite being found to have more severe violations due to traditional norms that may prevent residents from reporting violations,...
Nursing homes down 200K frontline workers, with more COVID cases on the way
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 29, 2021
The U.S. is facing a certified nurse aide shortage of about 200,000, with the situation made more dire by a surging number of unvaccinated aides being forced to quarantine with cases of a new COVID-19...