Booster shots fighting for attention with vaccine mandates as initial immunity starts to wane
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 12, 2021
Long-term care providers pushing to get holdout staff fully vaccinated against COVID-19 now have an added concern: Convincing already inoculated workers to get booster shots as their immunity from the...
Oxford Finances LLC arranges $6M loan for Synergy Health Centers
Jun 24, 2014
Oxford Finances LLC has arranged a $6.1 million loan to finance the expansion of Synergy Health Centers, a private company in New Jersey that specializes in healthcare delivery in the skilled nurse setting....
All nursing home staff in Massachusetts must get COVID-19 shots
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 05, 2021
The state is requiring staff and contract employees in all of its 378 facilities to receive a vaccination, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday.
Nursing homes appeal expulsion from Medicaid over alleged COVID-19 failures
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 06, 2020
At least two Massachusetts providers are fighting back after receiving termination notices from the state’s Medicaid program over COVID-19 responses deemed unacceptable.
Physicians warn of delayed skin reactions to COVID vaccine
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 08, 2021
Clinicians should be aware of injection-site reactions that may occur about a week after receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine and which may be confused with skin infection, say physicians from Massachusetts...
Lawmakers suspect Kindred of misspending public funds before closures at LTC facilities
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 17, 2018
A group of state legislators is asking Massachusetts’ attorney general to investigate Kindred Healthcare’s plans to close four nursing homes and an assisted living facility in and around Boston,...