Liquidation firm Tiger Group is accepting offers for bulk purchases of personal protective equipment as it helps close six facilities operated by American Medical Depot. AMD’s multimillion-dollar inventory encompasses over 350,000 products from some 2,000 manufacturers. Items range from personal protective equipment to personal paper products, hospital textiles, sterilization wraps, swabs/cotton balls, medical gloves, bandages/dressings,…
A Boston-based research team is emphasizing the need for universal testing at nursing homes after a new study found almost one-half of residents with COVID-19 were asymptomatic at the time of their diagnosis.
Federal lawmakers are stressing the need for a mandatory coronavirus testing strategy as discussions surrounding a third COVID-19 relief package push forward. A national testing plan has been among the top concern from nursing home providers and advocates since the public health crisis began.
A multi-state study in Genesis HealthCare facilities found that more than 40% of nursing home residents with COVID-19 are asymptomatic. Facility-wide testing was more successful in detecting these lurking infections than unit-only surveys.
Fully 21% of beneficiaries have forgone needed healthcare for something other than COVID-19. Nearly half say they did not want to risk being at a medical facility, according to CMS.
Since the pandemic began, one thing has become abundantly apparent: There is a gap in the continuum of care for our nation’s most vulnerable patients. All too often, medically complex patients aren’t ready to return to their home or living facility when Medicare or private insurance will no longer cover their hospital stay. This problem…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will allow Medicare-enrolled immunizers to directly bill and receive direct reimbursements from the program for vaccinating Medicare residents in skilled nursing facilities.
Nursing homes across the country are warning of potential new COVID-19 outbreaks throughout facilities as new cases rise around the country.
There is a lot to argue about how President Trump has led and handled the pandemic. But there is one thing on which we can all agree.
Long-term care facilities nationwide can voluntarily opt in to a free pharmacy partnership program that will provide and administer future COVID-19 vaccines on site, federal officials announced Friday.
