The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services appears to be weighing changes to its nursing home room capacity standards, based on recommendations included in updated guidance released Wednesday.
Providers to feds: Ease up on ‘restrictive’ COVID recommendations to ease staffing crunch
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Danielle Brown
Jun 30, 2022
The nation’s second largest nursing home association has asked the Department of Health and Human Services to reevaluate several of its COVID-19 recommendations for nursing homes, saying they restrict...
Federal officials keep heat on MA plans over denials, delays
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Danielle Brown
Jun 30, 2022
Congressional lawmakers are being urged to address weaknesses in Medicare Advantage plans in response to a federal watchdog report that found that the MA organizations have often improperly denied or delayed...
Most women unaware of their Alzheimer’s risk, Cleveland Clinic survey finds
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 30, 2022
Fully 82% of U.S. women are unaware of their relatively high odds of developing Alzheimer’s disease. And most have not addressed key risk factors with a healthcare provider.
High rates of resistant UTIs underscore need for new oral antibiotics, ED study finds
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 30, 2022
Up to 50% of the UTIs diagnosed in patients admitted to the emergency department were resistant to at least one antibiotic.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, June 30
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 30, 2022
COVID hospitalization, ED visits rare after Paxlovid… Federal watchdogs attack MA plans for denying care and coverage … More clinical benefits found for COVID antiviral pill molnupiravir … AHA adds...
SARS-CoV-2-linked hospitalization, ED encounters rare after Paxlovid
Jun 28, 2022
As an early-stage treatment, Paxlovid may prevent COVID-19-related hospitalization among patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 cases, investigators say.
CMS releases updated Phase 3 guidance
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Danielle Brown
Jun 29, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday released updated guidance for nursing home surveyors as part of the Phase 2 and 3 Requirements of Participation.
Older adults top candidates for new COVID boosters this fall, FDA advisers say
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 29, 2022
It’s time to update COVID-19 vaccines to include an omicron component, a panel of experts decided in a 9 to 2 vote Tuesday. Seniors and other at-risk Americans should likely be first in line, they said.
Non-drug therapies shown to cut fatigue in rheumatoid arthritis
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 29, 2022
Physical therapy programs and cognitive behavioral health approaches help ease disabling fatigue in inflammatory rheumatic disorders, investigators say.