COVID-19 cases are soaring in nursing homes, particularly in the Midwest, thanks to community spread, according to a report released Monday by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living. The increase is prompting calls from industry experts for increased funding for long-term care, as well as the need to take proper…
Nursing homes may be seeing a rise in COVID-19 infections as cases in many areas of the country are resurging, but providers now know that, no matter what, they will be rewarded for safer performances between last August and September.
As the healthcare industry turns to value-based care models, and providers focus on health and wellness goals, incorporating “human-centric lighting (HCL)” in long-term care facilities can create therapeutic environments that increase the safety and well-being of residents and staff. HCL aims to enhance the biological safety, health and emotional well-being of people through an expanding list…
Providers who fail to facilitate in-person visitations “without a reasonable clinical or safety cause” could be cited and face other penalties under new guidance issued Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
A thorough review of the Illinois Bureau of Long-Term Care is being conducted after the department failed to properly process and investigate abuse and neglect complaints at facilities for about three months during the coronavirus pandemic.
The next round of coronavirus relief fund payments to nursing homes will be based on facility performance in an effort to ensure better outcomes, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday.
The federal government’s plan to provide “point-of-care” COVID-19 tests to every single U.S. nursing home is “welcome news for long-term care residents, staff and providers.”
Providers shouldn’t assume that federal authorities will slow down enforcement efforts in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, they should expect authorities to “step up” enforcement efforts — and that includes its new National Nursing Home Initiative, according to one legal expert.
In new but anticipated guidance released Sunday night, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is requiring nursing homes to report any COVID-19 cases directly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It also is mandating that facilities notify residents and families of all COVID cases — or risk enforcement actions.
On Sunday, as part of phase 1 of the administration’s new guidelines for Opening Up America Again, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recommended reopening healthcare facilities to provide non-COVID healthcare in areas of the country with low and stable incidence of COVID-19.
