Senators to HHS: Release Provider Relief ‘without further delay’
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 31, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services must release unobligated money in federal Provider Relief Funds “without further delay” to prevent further financial ruin for struggling healthcare providers,...
Delta variant decreasing vaccine effectiveness among frontline healthcare workers, CDC study shows
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 25, 2021
Fully vaccinated frontline healthcare workers were significantly better protected from contracting COVID-19 before the delta variant emerged as the dominant strain, according to new data released by the...
Association offers blueprint for how LTC leaders can make federal staff vaccine policy work
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 23, 2021
Long-term care facility leaders’ response to President Joe Biden’s new vaccination order will help determine how staff react to the new mandate. Therefore, remaining calm and communicating well...
With their own deadlines set, providers ‘wait and see,’ hope for expansion of federal vaccine mandate
By
Kimberly Marselas
Danielle Brown
Aug 20, 2021
The COVID-19 vaccination policies and deadlines implemented by several of the country’s largest post-acute care operators will remain intact after President Joe Biden announced a vaccination requirement...
US will likely prioritize long-term care for COVID-19 booster shots
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 19, 2021
Long-term care residents will be among the first to receive COVID-19 booster shots once distribution begins, according to federal health officials.
Senate Republicans demand judiciary hearing on nursing home COVID deaths
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 17, 2021
The COVID-19 response at nursing homes in several states could face additional scrutiny after several Republican lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee called for a Congressional hearing to see if...
SNF residents could go to front of a booster shot line, but clinic approach needs to change, expert says
By
Danielle Brown
Alicia Lasek
Aug 09, 2021
COVID-19 booster shots are being fast-tracked for approval by federal health officials, and residents in nursing homes could be among the first to receive them.
Show us the data: COVID vaccine boosters may get go-ahead, but LTC docs remain wary
By
Alicia Lasek
Danielle Brown
Aug 09, 2021
Booster shots for the most vulnerable appear to be on a fast track to federal authorization. But clinicians want information about necessity, safety, dosing and more to justify prescribing an extra dose...
Providers hesitant to require staff vaccinations due to worker shortages
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 06, 2021
Ongoing staffing struggles in the long-term care industry are preventing some providers from making the COVID-19 vaccine a condition of employment for their workers.
FDA accelerates timetable for full approval of Pfizer vaccine
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 05, 2021
It may soon be “go” time for providers that have thus far held off on mandating COVID-19 vaccines for staff members, basing their decisions on the fact vaccines have been approved by the Food and...