Testing, communication and containment keys to stopping coronavirus outbreak in long-term care, research shows … North Carolina nursing homes lagging in emergency preparedness compliance: OIG … Medicare may not cover the coronavirus vaccine … Health experts question if long-term care industry can handle second wave of COVID-19
A new Harvard analysis makes the connection between employee neighborhoods and the likelihood of COVID-19 outbreaks within those employees’ facilities.
Operators who received more than $10,000 in Provider Relief Fund payments must now submit healthcare-related expenses attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new guidance released by the Department of Health and Human Services.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has yet to ask for loan repayments from providers that participated in its advanced Medicare payment program.
New York Times: Pandemic exacerbates pressure nursing homes feel to evict unwanted residents … Texas nursing homes with active coronavirus cases can also resume visits … Illinois challenged to improve oversight of nursing home emergency preparedness compliance … Officials question discrepancies between coroner, nursing home COVID-19 data … New York lawmaker launches petition for independent probe on nursing home COVID deaths
About 20 to 25% of skilled nursing facilities have received false positive results from their COVID-19 point-of-care antigen testing devices, a joint survey conducted by the American Health Care Association and LeadingAge revealed.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s response to a highly anticipated report by the Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes has been disappointing for one long-term care provider advocacy group.
The Department of Health and Human Services has released final details on how it will pay out $2 billion in COVID-19 relief funding through its incentive-based payment program.
When pivotal programs are put into place, it becomes easy to forget there was a time without them.
State lab warns that it won’t be able to process thousands of COVID tests from nursing homes … Studies find connection between nursing home star rating and coronavirus outbreaks … Tennessee relaxes COVID-19 restrictions in nursing homes
