Feds outline details of fast-tracked COVID vaccine delivery strategy
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 17, 2020
Officials plan to deliver doses to prioritized populations within 24 hours of federal authorization, likely beginning with healthcare workers as early as November. Subsequent deliveries and recipients...
Providers seek ‘roadmap’ to more funding, better national response via nursing home commission report
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 17, 2020
Leading nursing home stakeholders hope that an expansive report by the government’s national nursing home commission will lead to a better national response and more support for nursing homes responding...
Parkinson urges states to consider community spread, facility preparedness before resuming nursing home...
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 17, 2020
The spread of COVID-19 within a community and a facility’s ability to handle an outbreak should be key indicators for officials when deciding if in-person visits should resume at nursing homes, the leader...
CMS considering different reimbursement strategies for COVID-19 tests
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 17, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services could change the way it pays for COVID-19 tests, a top federal health official suggested this week. The move would come just months after the agency doubled...
Nursing home residents unveil their superhero identities
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 17, 2020
Louisville, KY-based Signature HealthCARE launched its “Super Summer” engagement program for residents over the summer. The program was aimed at helping residents “explore their own superhero identity”...
Three virtual care components every senior care facility needs
By
AJ Peterson
Sep 16, 2020
As with any crisis, COVID-19 has exposed and widened existing cracks in the foundations of our nation’s healthcare infrastructure. This instability is particularly evident in senior care, given the extreme...
BREAKING: Nursing home commission makes 27 recommendations, calls for ‘greater leadership role’...
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 16, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released recommendations from the Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes on Wednesday and, as expected, they contain a laundry list of...
BD investigating reports of false positives from COVID-19 tests
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 16, 2020
New Jersey-based medical technology company Becton Dickinson, or BD, is conducting an investigation following reports that its COVID-19 point-of-care testing equipment is producing false positive results...
Provider faces $315K fine for failing to isolate residents, warn staff of COVID-19 outbreak
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 15, 2020
A Maryland provider may be forced to pay a $315,000 fine for Immediate Jeopardy violations after state health officials found that it did not properly isolate residents exposed to COVID-19.
Saliva-based antigen testing better than PCR nasal swab, researchers argue
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 15, 2020
Nursing home operators may have better luck using saliva-based, rapid antigen testing for screening COVID-19 within their facilities over polymerase chaise reaction (PRC) nasal swab because of the tool’s...