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.
Providers can now check how often they’ll be required to test staff members for COVID-19 after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released county coronavirus data last week.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released interim guidance on rapid antigen testing as nursing homes across the country begin receiving and using the point-of-care devices for COVID-19.
The nation’s largest nursing home association is pushing back after a major national media outlet criticized the long-term care industry’s lobbying efforts aimed at helping providers survive the public health crisis.
Nursing home operators were left shaking their heads and criticizing the Trump administration over the weekend after the latter touted larger than usual numbers of serious citations and fine amounts against skilled nursing providers during the pandemic.
A vast majority of nursing home operators don’t believe they’ll be able to sustain operators for another year if current conditions caused by the public health crisis continue. That’s according to results of a new survey released Thursday by the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living.
The leader of the nation’s largest nursing home association expressed disappointment with the recent spike in COVID-19 cases at long-term care facilities after months of improvement.
Nursing homes are experiencing an alarming jump in COVID-19 cases, a new report by the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living has revealed.
As nursing homes wait for point-of care testing instruments and supplies to arrive from the federal government, they first should make sure they are complying with state public health guidelines regarding the devices.
