CareTrust’s PPE bulk order saves $2M for operators
By
Danielle Brown
May 11, 2020
CareTrust REIT was able to secure personal protective equipment for its smaller operators just as nationwide shortages started occurring amid the coronavirus pandemic — saving them $2 million in the...
Feds struggle to provide COVID-19 tally for nursing homes: report
By
Alicia Lasek
May 09, 2020
Weeks after CMS announced it would begin tracking outbreaks and deaths in the nation’s eldercare facilities, there are no solid numbers available, say investigators.
Clinical Briefs for Monday, May 11
By
Alicia Lasek
May 09, 2020
FDA authorizes first CRISPR-based coronavirus test kit … ‘Save Other Souls’ initiative enables choice to forgo critical care in case of limited resources … 3-D brain-like tissue model links Alzheimer’s...
LeadingAge calls for ample PPE, as providers ‘scrounge’ for supplies in indescribable places
By
Danielle Brown
May 08, 2020
LeadingAge providers appealed to the federal government Thursday to provide immediate access to ample PPE for frontline and healthcare workers to keep them safe during the coronavirus pandemic.
PDPM cost savings dwindle following COVID-19, Sabra CEO says; occupancy likely to fall across industry,...
By
Danielle Brown
May 08, 2020
The cost savings from the Patient Driven Payment Model have “pretty much gone away” following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Sabra Health Care REIT CEO Rick Matros revealed Thursday.
Strike averted at 64 nursing homes after providers grant workers 24% pay increase
By
Danielle Brown
May 08, 2020
Dozens of Illinois nursing home providers helped avert a strike by increasing wages by 24% and providing hazard pay for workers.
The naked truth about COVID-19 priorities
By
James M. Berklan
May 08, 2020
Long-term care providers’ beseeching requests for more personal protective equipment are truly noble and necessary. But I have to say, they’re going about it all wrong.
Differentiating COVID-19 from other infections: Notes from an outpatient clinic
By
Alicia Lasek
May 07, 2020
Harvard researchers have compiled a list of clues from front line experience to help clinicians distinguish between early COVID-19 and infections with similar symptoms.
Clinical Briefs for Friday, May 8
By
Alicia Lasek
May 07, 2020
Lab cautions nursing homes about inaccurate coronavirus test kits … HCR ManorCare: 70% of COVID-19 infected employees asymptomatic … Nurse survey finds No.1 concern is infecting others, 38% reassigned...
HCR ManorCare: 70 percent of COVID-19 infected employees asymptomatic
By
James M. Berklan
May 07, 2020
Seventy percent of employees and up to half of patients found to be COVID-19 infected by nursing home giant HCR ManorCare were asymptomatic at the time, says the chain’s medical director.