Quit treating pandemic’s toll on nursing homes like a ‘bad apples’ problem, expert...
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 14, 2020
It’s time for the federal government to “own” the problem of containing COVID-19 by paying for and arranging testing across nursing facilities, long-term care policy expert David Grabowski...
Despite lack of complaints, CMS warns providers not to take resident stimulus checks
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 12, 2020
Nursing home providers that seize stimulus checks from residents could be removed from participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs, the Trump Administration warned this week.
COVID-19 costs should be baked into the SNF PPS payment structure for ‘foreseeable future,’ AHCA...
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 11, 2020
The federal government should integrate increased costs associated with COVID-19 care in the SNF PPS payment structure for the “foreseeable future” to ensure adequate reimbursement, according to the...
More than 140 healthcare workers honored for ‘selfless acts’ during pandemic
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 11, 2020
More than 140 workers in the long-term care industry honored for their efforts to keep residents safe during the COVID-19 pandemic by post-acute care software company MaxtrixCare
Stolen valor: Trump administration takes credit for nursing homes’ efforts during pandemic
By
Sondra Norder
Jun 10, 2020
Over the Memorial Day weekend, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma penned an op-ed in Newsweek magazine titled “President Trump’s Early Action to Combat Coronavirus...
Cubigo adds visitor registration as families return
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 10, 2020
The digital platform Cubigo has added a new feature that supports contactless guest registration that can be used as retirement and other senior living facilities begin easing restrictions on visitation...
NOTIFY bumps up release of Communications app
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 10, 2020
NOTIFY has released NOTIFY Communications, a single-platform communications app designed for senior living communities, early in the wake of COVID-19. NOTIFY Communications is a video, text and voice app...
Once again, thank you, brave nursing home workers
By
Liza Berger
Jun 10, 2020
It has been said before, but it bears repeating: Nursing home and other frontline healthcare workers are the ones most at the mercy of this awful coronavirus. And now we have the death lists to prove it.
HHS now requires more lab data on who’s being tested for coronavirus
By
Liza Berger
Jun 09, 2020
Labs that conduct coronavirus testing now need to provide additional information to the Department of Health and Human Services. The purpose is to better monitor disease incidence and ultimately target...
New FDA guidance targets respirator reuse
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 08, 2020
The agency has revised its guidance on respirators, labeling previously authorized equipment as inappropriate for decontamination and reuse during the pandemic.