DOJ asked to create task force to investigate coronavirus-related False Claims Act allegations
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 19, 2020
A national whistleblower group is calling on the Department of Justice to establish a task force to investigate False Claims Act violations related to the coronavirus epidemic.
WaterStep repositions Ebola tool for COVID-19 fight
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 22, 2020
WaterStep, a Louisville-based nonprofit, is introducing a portable device that can create a gallon of bleach in an hour using just water, salt and a power source. The BleachMaker provides an endless supply...
Phase 4 PRF award timeline updated
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Danielle Brown
Nov 22, 2021
Long-term care operators who have applied for Phase 4 Provider Relief or rural COVID-19 relief payments won’t receive the awards until mid-December, after a distribution delay was announced by the Health...
Texas’ block of CMS vaccine mandate in jeopardy
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 19, 2022
Texas nursing homes may soon have to join the rest of the nation in complying with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccine mandate if an appeal by the administration...
Only 1 of Philadelphia’s 47 facilities has not complied with city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 10, 2021
And then there was one. Just a single nursing home out of the 47 facilities located in Philadelphia has not yet complied with the city’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for frontline workers.
Lawmakers question why nursing homes haven’t received more pandemic aid
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 22, 2020
Two U.S. lawmakers want answers from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the funding distribution for nursing homes during the coronavirus public health crisis.
Fauci: Early data show omicron spreads quickly but with less severity than delta
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 08, 2021
Omicron cases appear to have led to fewer hospitalizations and patients have been less likely to need oxygen, the White House’s infectious disease expert said Tuesday.
NY won’t release data from nursing home study that found employee spread was driver behind COVID-19...
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 13, 2021
New York’s state health department is facing pressure to release facility survey data from a controversial nursing home study that found employee spread was the main force that led to a major COVID-19...
OSHA seeks $83K fine of SNF for allegedly failing to protect staff from coronavirus
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 18, 2021
An Illinois skilled nursing facility could be hit with nearly $84,000 in penalties for allegedly failing to protect employees and other staff from COVID-19.
UPDATED: Healthcare worker vaccine mandate back on for 26 states
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
Long-term care providers in 26 states will still have to comply with a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate after a federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed a nationwide block against the rule.