Looking for provider relief funds? These tips can help
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Amy Novotney
Jun 25, 2020
Earlier this month, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it would distribute approximately $15 billion in grants to eligible state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program...
SEIU, ACLU file petition demanding HHS correct ‘mishandling’ of COVID-19 pandemic in LTC settings
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Amy Novotney
Jun 24, 2020
The Service Employees International Union, the American Civil Liberties Union and partner organizations filed a legal petition Tuesday with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services calling for...
During a pandemic that has hampered nursing homes’ most profitable business — post-surgery rehab — some facilities have been admitting COVID-19 patients to ease the burden on overwhelmed hospitals,...
Genesis and Ensign Group see shares drop amidst House COVID-19 nursing home investigation
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Amy Novotney
Jun 22, 2020
Last week, a House of Representatives committee launched an investigation into how five large nursing home companies have handled COVID-19. Among the nursing homes under investigation are publicly traded...
SNFs received a nearly 9% Medicare rate boost from COVID-19 patients in April: analysis
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Amy Novotney
Jun 17, 2020
April’s average per diem Medicare rate paid for COVID-19 patients in skilled nursing facilities was $669, according to an analysis of claims submitted by the more than 1,300 SNFs, conducted by Zimmet...
Signature HealthCARE lays off 100 employees at its Louisville headquarters
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Amy Novotney
Jun 15, 2020
Louisville, KY-based nursing home chain Signature HealthCARE will cut 100 jobs at its headquarters due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to The Courier Journal.
Nursing home industry on verge of financial collapse, group claims
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Amy Novotney
Jun 11, 2020
Even before the industry was dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the average nursing home was operating on a razor-thin profit margin or net loss. That’s because Medicaid reimbursements only cover 70%...
Debates arise over who should foot the bill for nursing home worker testing
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Amy Novotney
Jun 10, 2020
Regular COVID-19 testing of nursing home staff, who are the most likely to introduce the virus to a facility and spread it to residents, has been sanctioned by experts as one of the most important ways...
Proposed SNF tests would cost more than $400 million, AHCA claims
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Amy Novotney
May 20, 2020
Testing all of the nation’s skilled nursing residents and staff just once for COVID-19 would cost $440 million, according to data released Wednesday from the American Health Care Association/National...
SNPs up a third since 2018: Ziegler
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Amy Novotney
May 15, 2020
The COVID-19 “new normal” for long-term care residents and families has heightened demand and interest for operators to provide additional clinical services within the long-term care setting, according...