Guidance released on how to resume visits, community activities at long-term care facilities
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Danielle Brown
Mar 02, 2021
The process toward fully opening long-term care facilities to visitors and resuming group activities should be done using a gradual, step-by-step approach in order to mitigate the risk of potential COVID...
Data on COVID-19 in nursing homes is key to stopping spread; race a factor in facility outbreaks: expert
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Danielle Brown
May 22, 2020
Publicly available data regarding coronavirus cases and deaths in nursing homes is “crucial” to stopping the spread of the disease in facilities, a long-term care expert told U.S. senators Thursday.
Section G removed in new draft version of 2020 MDS item sets
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Danielle Brown
James M. Berklan
Dec 22, 2019
Experts and providers currently are evaluating the latest draft version of the 2020 MDS item sets (v1.18.0) following an unexpected announcement Friday from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
New bills call for nursing home minimum staffing requirements
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Danielle Brown
Nov 24, 2019
Providers are pushing back against a proposed law that would require skilled nursing facilities to meet minimum staffing requirements. They’re instead calling on lawmakers to find solutions to address...
Medicaid bill would increase reimbursements, strengthen SNFs
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Danielle Brown
Nov 11, 2019
Proposed legislation that would increase state reimbursements for Medicaid patients could help “stabilize” skilled nursing facilities throughout the state of Washington, according to providers.
‘Hard to imagine occupancy fully recovers’ before hospital volumes: CareTrust execs
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Danielle Brown
May 10, 2021
A rebound in skilled nursing occupancy will likely come, but only after patient volumes in hospitals return back to normal, according to CareTrust REIT executives.
Providers call on state to double emergency beds, increase funding for COVID-19 response
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Danielle Brown
Jul 20, 2020
Connecticut long-term care providers are calling on officials to develop as many as 1,200 additional emergency beds and increase Medicaid funding to prepare for a second wave of coronavirus cases in the...
Lawsuit is stark reminder: Tread carefully in disability conversations with employees
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Danielle Brown
Jul 22, 2022
Legal experts are warning nursing home leaders that inappropriate conversations with employees about disabilities, medical conditions or their general health can be costly, after a federal court allowed...
Experts criticize COVID booster strategy for leaving one-third of seniors without needed shots
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Danielle Brown
May 13, 2022
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows more than 30% of fully-vaccinated seniors 65 and older have yet to get their COVID-19 booster shots, despite being most at risk for serious...
‘Balance has tipped’: It’s time to ease up on visitation regulations, nursing homes tell feds
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Danielle Brown
Feb 25, 2021
Long-term care providers are calling on the federal government to remove regulations that base nursing home indoor visitations on COVID-19 positivity rates in the area now that vaccine coverage is widespread...