BREAKING: CMS issues reprieve for 2,500 nursing homes yet to report COVID vaccination rates
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 14, 2021
Nursing homes that have not reported required resident and staff vaccination rates to federal officials will get a one-week reprieve before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services begins assessing...
Nursing homes face barrage of penalties if vaccination reporting doesn’t pick up fast
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 11, 2021
Nursing homes will need to make major progress on resident and staff vaccine reporting to avoid penalties, if data released Thursday is any indication.
Providers want CMS to delay proposal for new HAI, hospitalization measure
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 11, 2021
LeadingAge is ‘concerned’ about a proposed measure tracking healthcare-associated infections requiring hospitalization.
Major provider group to CMS: Don’t include staff COVID vax reporting in QRP
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 09, 2021
A proposal by the federal government to expand the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program to include staff COVID-19 vaccination rates is being opposed by the nation’s second largest nursing...
Providers welcome ‘strong choice’ Brooks-LaSure as CMS administrator following confirmation
By
Danielle Brown
May 26, 2021
Long-term care stakeholders said they’re eager to work with the next administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid after she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
CMS: Surveyors looking for education, not expertise, under COVID-19 vaccine rule that starts today
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2021
Nursing homes will not be expected to turn their staff members into vaccine experts under a new rule that requires all workers to be offered COVID-19 shots and to be educated about them, a federal official...
Providers plea for eased COVID-19 testing requirements
By
Danielle Brown
May 21, 2021
A federal-state COVID-testing conundrum is being tested in New York, drawing the interest of providers nationwide.
Operators might get more time to spend Provider Relief Funding
By
Danielle Brown
May 13, 2021
Long-term care providers are hopeful for a much sought after extension to the spending deadline for Provider Relief Funds following comments from a top federal health official on Wednesday.
New CMS vaccination reporting mandate could drive nursing homes to reach 75% staff goal
By
Danielle Brown
May 12, 2021
Providers say they are onboard with a new COVID-19 vaccination reporting mandate announced by federal health officials on Tuesday — calling the additional transparency “critical” for the industry...
Mandate staff vaccines or promote them with a $1K bonus? Which one works best might surprise you.
By
Danielle Brown
May 11, 2021
Two nursing home providers in separate areas of the United States were able to far exceed national averages for COVID-19 vaccination among staff members, despite using contrasting methods — a $1,000...