New Jersey – Coronavirus vaccinations for long-term care residents and workers in the state started a week later than expected after officials missed a key federal reporting deadline.
Nursing home opens as COVID-19 recovery center
Feb 01, 2021
Connecticut – The state has opened a fourth recovery center for COVID-19 patients in an effort to ease the load on nursing providers throughout the state.
Asymptomatic staff may work, guidance says
Feb 01, 2021
Oklahoma – Providers in the state have been skeptical of a new measure that allows healthcare staff members to continue working in long-term care facilities and hospitals if they have COVID-19 and...
LA County takes control of it own vaccination plans
Feb 01, 2021
California – Public health officials in California’s Los Angeles County in December pulled long-term care facilities out of the federal COVID-19 vaccination program. The aim was to provide the medication...
COVID-19 litigation against nursing homes is likely to remain an ongoing threat. That is why facilities need to continue to remain vigilant in adhering to the latest guidance and regulations, advised the...
Trump commutes Esformes’ sentence
By
Liza Berger
Feb 01, 2021
President Trump in late December commuted the sentence of Philip Esformes, the former skilled nursing facility owner who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in a case that the federal government...
Ask the legal expert: How should we out illegal behavior?
By
John Durso
Feb 01, 2021
I am not the chief executive officer, but other middle-level managers and I have reason to believe the chief financial officer has been double-dealing with contracts with third parties and skimming profits....
Contract therapy providers sign on with major clients
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2021
Reliant Rehabilitation and Genesis Rehab Services have each picked up major new contracts, adding thousands of skilled nursing and senior living residents to their rolls.
PointClickCare, Collective Medical merge
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 01, 2021
PointClickCare Technologies is acquiring Collective Medical, a platform that supports real-time, cross-continuum care coordination.
January/February Company Briefs
Feb 01, 2021
QliqSOFT, provider of clinical collaboration and patient communication solutions, launched a COVID-19 vaccination assistant chatbot, partnering first with post-acute operator CPSI. The chatbot is designed...