Megan’s Law for Nursing Homes Gaining Traction in Harrisburg
A state lawmaker is making good on a promise to repair a flawed system that permits aging and ailing convicted sex offenders to quietly enter long-term care facilities — often…
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Justice Department Launches Statewide Disability Rights Investigation into South Carolina’s Use of Adult Care Homes
The US Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division announced today that it has opened an investigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into whether the State of South Carolina…
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Former nurse pleads guilty to indecent assault of residents at Pennsylvania nursing home
A former nurse at a Lower Burrell care nursing home and rehabilitation center was sentenced Wednesday to at least 6 months in jail for indecent assaults against two residents last…
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Medicare Limits Coverage of $28,000-A-Year Alzheimer’s Drug
Medicare said Tuesday it will limit coverage of a $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug whose benefits have been widely questioned, a major development in the nation’s tug-of-war over the fair value of…
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Healthcare Workers Are Panicked as Desperate Hospitals Ask Infected Staff to Return
Hospitals and long-term care facilities are so short staffed that many are compelling Covid-positive doctors and nurses to return to work, arguing that bringing back asymptomatic or even symptomatic staff…
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CMS Proposes Medicare Coverage Policy for Monoclonal Antibodies Directed against Amyloid for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed National Coverage Determination (NCD) decision memorandum. The proposed National Coverage Determination would cover Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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UR Medicine Creates In-Hospital Nursing Home Units
Pressed by a shortage of nursing home beds for patients ready for discharge, two of UR Medicine’s Rochester hospitals have created in-hospital virtual nursing home units.
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Pennsylvania Announces New Support for Long-Term Care Facilities
The Wolf Administration today announced a new initiative to help long-term care facilities respond to COVID-19 and improve resiliency. The Long-Term Care Resiliency, Infrastructure Supports, and Empowerment program (LTC RISE) gives long-term…
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AHCA/NCAL Requests Extension of Public Health Emergency
With the public health emergency (PHE) set to expire on January 16th, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) sent a letter to US Health…
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Five States Now Require COVID-19 Boosters for Nursing Home Staff
Amid the latest COVID-19 surge, Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut became the latest states this week to require healthcare workers, including nursing home staff — to get a booster shot.
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