COVID-19 cases on the rise again in nursing homes … CMS warns of new medical records fax scheme … HHS finalizes rule against information blocking … Ignite Medical to build first new-construction...
Family can’t sue nursing home after resident’s undiagnosed COVID led to husband’s death
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 27, 2024
The family of a former nursing home patient cannot sue the facility or a doctor there for discharging her while a COVID-19 test was pending, even though she soon passed the virus onto her husband, who...
Group defines long COVID in effort to unify healthcare entities, improve medical responses
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 12, 2024
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has published a new report that better defines long COVID. The group put together the consensus document at the federal government’s...
Federal court weighs nursing home’s duty to bargain over emergency pay during COVID
By
Josh Henreckson
May 13, 2024
A case to decide whether a nursing home could make pay and staffing decisions during the COVID-19 health emergency without input from its workers’ union entered a new stage Thursday with the start of...
Honoring the fallen
By
Michael Wasserman
May 08, 2024
It’s been more than four years since the onset of the tragic pandemic that took the lives of nearly a quarter million vulnerable older adults living in nursing homes. Their lives mattered. How they spent...