Connecticut nursing homes could be required to increase their on-hand supply of personal protective equipment and allow residents or their families to install cameras in their rooms, if recommendations made by a state advisory committee are finalized.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is calling on Congress to investigate reports that a long-term care provider in the state offered early access to COVID-19 vaccinations to its wealthy donors.
The final nomination deadline for the 20201 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards arrives Wednesday.
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The federal government has allocated an additional $300 million to support the nation’s overall point-of-care testing program, which may have already saved tens of thousands of lives, the country’s top testing czar said Thursday.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has officially withdrawn a controversial Medicaid proposal that providers warned could up to $50 billion from the program annually.
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Vaccination efforts in long-term care facilities are expected to accelerate noticeably in the coming days and weeks, the nation’s top federal health official asserted Wednesday.
U.S. pharmacy retailers CVS Health and Walgreens both expect to be done with administering the first doses of coronavirus vaccines at long-term care facilities by the end of January.
Hundreds of nursing home residents and staff members at a New York facility were unable to get the coronavirus vaccine this week after many doses were lost due to temperature control issues.
