Category: Post-Acute

COVID-19 infections are rising among both nursing home residents and staff nationwide, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 11. 

California has the highest number of nursing home residents with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country, according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last updated Jan. 6.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Dec. 31 delaying a new law requiring nursing homes to spend at least 70 percent of revenue on direct resident care, and at least 40 percent on staff who care for residents for 30 days.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will not face criminal charges for underreporting the number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, Politico reported Jan. 3.

More than 250 New York nursing homes and trade groups filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block  a state law set to go into effect Jan. 1 requiring facilities to spend at least 70 percent of revenue on direct resident care, and at least 40 percent …

Fifty-eight percent of the nation’s 14,000 nursing homes are limiting admissions in the face of staffing shortages, causing hospitals and emergency rooms to experience difficulty moving patients to the next step in their care, The Washington Post repor…

Officials from three leading nursing home industry trade groups are urging CMS to allow facilities to institute temporary visitation restrictions as the industry braces for a spike in COVID-19 cases. 

A story about unvaccinated nursing home employees at a Kentucky facility sparking a COVID-19 outbreak was Becker’s most-read post-acute story in 2021.

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