Digital edition of January/February 2021 issue
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Print Issue: January/February 2021
CMS names 5 new triggers that lead to extra surveys
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revised the criteria that require states to conduct the specific surveys, the agency noted in a memo to state survey agencies Jan. 4.
SNFs earn $523M more
About 9,200 nursing homes — or more than two-thirds of those eligible — shared incentive payments recently for successfully reducing COVID-related infections and deaths between September and October.
Ask the payment expert: As recertification surveys resume, when will they start impacting the Five Star Quality rating?
As recertification surveys resume, when will they start impacting the Five Star Quality rating?
Providers split on Biden while old worries top 2021 concerns
Mirroring the November general election outcome, long-term care leaders were almost evenly split about then-President-elect Joe Biden’s prospects for the industry, according to a new McKnight’s Flash Survey gauging the reactions of more than 300 nursing home leaders.
Suit alleges that officials misused COVID-19 relief intended for nursing homes; accuses state of using Medicaid funding ‘as its own piggybank’
Long-term care providers in Pennsylvania have accused the state of withholding more than $150 million in federal funding meant to support nursing homes during the public health crisis.
State misses key vaccine start reporting deadline
New Jersey – Coronavirus vaccinations for long-term care residents and workers in the state started a week later than expected after officials missed a key federal reporting deadline.
Nursing home opens as COVID-19 recovery center
Connecticut – The state has opened a fourth recovery center for COVID-19 patients in an effort to ease the load on nursing providers throughout the state.
Asymptomatic staff may work, guidance says
Oklahoma – Providers in the state have been skeptical of a new measure that allows healthcare staff members to continue working in long-term care facilities and hospitals if they have COVID-19 and are asymptomatic.
LA County takes control of it own vaccination plans
California – Public health officials in California’s Los Angeles County in December pulled long-term care facilities out of the federal COVID-19 vaccination program. The aim was to provide the medication to workers and residents earlier, and give facilities more flexibility in how it was administered.
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