Nursing homes down 200K frontline workers, with more COVID cases on the way
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 29, 2021
The U.S. is facing a certified nurse aide shortage of about 200,000, with the situation made more dire by a surging number of unvaccinated aides being forced to quarantine with cases of a new COVID-19...
Nursing home death rate soared 32 percent in 2020
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 23, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic’s “devastating impact” on nursing homes led to a 32% spike in overall mortality rate among Medicare residents during 2020, according to a new report by the Office of Inspector...
Despite progress, nursing homes expected to fall short of 75% staff vaccination goal
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 23, 2021
There’s still much progress needed for long-term care industry providers to meet their self-imposed goal of getting three-quarters of all nursing home workers vaccinated against COVID-19 by this time...
CMS continues emergency preparedness exemptions for some providers
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 22, 2021
Long-term care providers still struggling with COVID-19 and working under their activated emergency plans will continue to be exempt from their next required full-scale emergency exercise, according to...
Providers struggling with family pressures to loosen COVID restrictions
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 22, 2021
Long-term care providers sensing extra strain from family members due to COVID-19 policies should not feel singled out. Many providers across the country are being put under immense pressure by resident...
New details emerge in $38.7M scheme with bogus N95 mask contracts
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 22, 2021
A federal lawmaker is lambasting the Trump administration’s COVID-19 pandemic response after a newly released staff memo shed new light on a $38.7 million fraud scheme for N95 masks.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, June 22
By
Donna Shryer
Jun 22, 2021
Elderly patients face no increased risk of serious infections with new disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs … Older Americans leading in U.S. vaccination rates … Osteoporosis may contribute to aging-related...
Clinical briefs for Monday, June 21
By
Donna Shryer
Jun 21, 2021
New material could remove respiratory droplets from air … New clues point to the origin of Alzheimer’s disease … Advocating reimbursement parity for nurse practitioners … System helped hospital...
Industry group dissects latest update to Provider Relief Fund rules; can use money to cover eligible...
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 18, 2021
Provider Relief Fund payments can be used to pay for eligible coronavirus-related expenses that date back to Jan. 1, 2020, even if they received the money after the expenses incurred, according to federal...
Pressure mounting on CMS to exclude COVID vaccination data in quality reporting
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 18, 2021
More long-term care stakeholders are calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to ditch its proposal to expand the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program to include staff COVID-19...