More states, operators race clock to create COVID-only treatment areas
More providers across the country are now considering converting traditional nursing homes to created COVID-only recovery facilities.
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COVID-19 song lightens mood
Singing to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It,” Maryland-based operator Nexion Health used a music video to help raise awareness on how providers can prevent the spread of COVID-19 in their facilities.
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AMDA to host virtual conference this week … Nursing home operator faces disability EEOC discrimination lawsuit … Analysts raises concerns about whether U.S. has enough nurses for coronavirus pandemic response
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Alzheimer’s Association releases guidance for long-term care, other providers amid coronavirus crisis … Risk of death from stroke drops by 24%, study finds … Majority of senior living residents, family happy with care during pandemic
Providers: Death total would rise if nursing homes forced to admit COVID-19 patients
Providers are taking a stand against efforts that call on nursing homes to accept all discharged hospital patients regardless of their COVID-19 status as a means to increase bed capacity at hospitals.
CMS granting providers advanced Medicare payments
Providers responding to the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak will now be able to receive accelerated and advanced Medicare payments, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Saturday. The agency is expanding its Medicare accelerated and advanced payment program to ensure providers and suppliers have enough resources needed to combat COVID-19, administration officials said. The…
Also in the News for Monday, March 30
Blood test being used to diagnose patients who have already been infected, recovered from COVID-19 … CMS approves more emergency Medicaid waivers for states … How long-term care providers can treat, prevent a coronavirus outbreak in their facilities
$2T stimulus package a good first step, but more ‘likely’ needed, long-term care leaders say
Providers are calling a $2 trillion economic stimulus package a good first step but quickly add that long-term care operators are going to need a bigger slice for an adequate coronavirus response.
Experts expect COVID-19 to create surge of post-acute residents, more staffing woes
Staffing will be “key” for post-acute care providers in the coming weeks, especially during an expected surge of residents recovering from the novel 2019 coronavirus, experts say in a new viewpoint article published in JAMA.
Coronavirus hits 5-star facility hard, stokes false fears of 100% infection rate
A 5-star New Jersey nursing and assisted living facility was evacuated Wednesday after two dozen residents and five staff members tested positive for the 2019 novel coronavirus.
