The unintended consequences of COVID-19 in long-term care
By
Karen Bonn
Jun 30, 2020
Anyone who is familiar with my work knows I am not only dedicated to maintaining and restoring human bodies to normal range of motion and function — including to the most upright posture — I work diligently...
Nursing home spending down 7.2%; analysts expect continued, ‘muted’ slide
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 30, 2020
Spending for nursing home care dropped 7.2% from April to May despite other healthcare sectors showing signs of recovery amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Analysts said they expect a gradual decline...
CMS updates guidance on three-day stay waiver
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 30, 2020
Providers must demonstrate that a beneficiary’s skilled nursing care in a facility is “in some way” related to the coronavirus public health crisis in order to qualify for the three-day inpatient...
COVID-19 drug to cost Medicare $2,340 per course
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 30, 2020
The antiviral remdesivir is priced “well below” the projected value of most patient treatments, the drugmaker says. Others claim the cost is too high, considering that its development was partly taxpayer...
CDC: Full-time, trained staff needed to oversee COVID-19 prevention
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 30, 2020
Nursing facilities with 100 or more residents and operators who provide dialysis or ventilator care should have at least one trained infection preventionist on-site, according to new federal guidance.
The importance of social distancing in a post-COVID 19 world
By
Carol Winner
Jun 29, 2020
We are living in a once-in-a-lifetime period in history in which we are targeted by a virus that takes no prisoners. It wants to destroy all in its path especially the elderly and those who work in...
East Coast operator leads more than 3,000 COVID-19 patients to recovery
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 29, 2020
Training staff and quickly adapting to new coronavirus guidance from the federal government have been instrumental for CareOne’s success in treating and recovering more than 3,000 of patients during...
WH task force ‘outrageous’ for not prioritizing nursing homes, group says
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 29, 2020
The White House’s Coronavirus Task Force held a public briefing for the first time in more than two months late last week, and the most notable accomplishment from it might have been the way it further...
CDC expands list of chronic conditions that can make COVID-19 worse
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 29, 2020
Hypertension by itself is no longer on the list of conditions linked to highest severity risk. Meanwhile, the agency’s director warns that the U.S. remains in a shape-shifting viral ‘first...
Inadequate referral processing for COVID-19 patients may hinder proper transitions of care
By
John Harrison
Jun 28, 2020
As COVID-19 has stretched many acute care hospitals to the breaking point, skilled nursing facilities and long-term care providers are being looked upon to free up hospital capacity. This is a tremendous...