Bill targeting long-term care facilities would add new emergency requirements
By
Joe Bush
Oct 14, 2022
Long-term care facilities would need to have a crisis plan to manage an outbreak of COVID-19 or other public health emergencies, have a stockpile of personal protective equipment, keep families of LTC...
Clinical briefs for Friday, Oct. 7
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 07, 2022
States get needed nurse aide waiver relief, but workers’ fate uncertain … Long-term care may be included in CMS’s proposed healthcare provider directory … Moderna’s bivalent COVID booster superior...
CMS prompts nursing homes to prepare for end of PHE waivers, flexibilities
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 22, 2022
The agency has asked providers to quickly reestablish previous health and safety standards and billing practices, and is directing providers to new resources.
Also in the News for Thursday, Aug. 18
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 18, 2022
COVID public health emergency on course for extension … Nexion Health COO, McKnight’s Woman of Distinction Meera Riner named AHCA Champion of Quality … Nearly 50,000 reports of faulty Phillips respirators,...
Major nursing home association urges COVID emergency extension, revised guidance
By
John Hall
Aug 10, 2022
The nation’s largest nursing home group has requested the federal government extend the current public health emergency declaration as providers continue their fight against emerging COVID variants.
Extend PHE while updating COVID protocols, nursing home advocate urges feds
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 10, 2022
Safety and quality of life in LTC settings are not mutually exclusive, Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of AHCA/NCAL told federal health officials Tuesday.
The fate of telehealth funding once PHE is gone
By
Liz Westbrook
May 09, 2022
Despite a spate of high-profile cases among the “DC elite” in recent weeks, the federal government seems eager to turn the page on COVID-19. Anthony Fauci, M.D. recently announced that we are...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, April 14
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 14, 2022
U.S. renews public health emergency for at least 3 months … Pfizer says it could have COVID-19 shot that targets multiple variants ready by fall … LeadingAge’s new public service campaign promotes...
Biden urged to end public health emergency — what’s at stake
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 15, 2022
A group of Republican lawmakers have called on President Joe Biden to end the COVID-19 public health emergency designation now that there’s more access to vaccines and effective treatments to combat...
Also in the News for Monday, Jan. 10
Jan 10, 2022
Connecticut, Massachusetts require COVID boosters for nursing home workers … West Virginia seeks CDC approval for fourth dose for essential workers, seniors and immunocompromised … Data management...