The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities in the United States that provide care to approximately five million people each year, released a report… Read More
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CEO Of Nursing Home Conglomerate Received $5.2M Retention Bonus Just Before Retiring During COVID-19 Pandemic
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote a letter to Robert Fish, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Genesis Healthcare, Inc., dated January 27, 2021, expressing her outrage “about the inexplicable and unseemly decision by Genesis Healthcare, Inc. (Genesis) and its board… Read More
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CDC Study: Five Nursing Home Residents Reinfected With COVID-19 Had More Serious Symptoms
A CDC study published on February 26, 2021 entitled, “Suspected Recurrent SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Residents of a Skilled Nursing Facility During a Second COVID-19 Outbreak — Kentucky, July–November 2020” stated: “Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019… Read More
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Will Increased Use Of Telemedicine Result In Increase In Medical Malpractice Claims?
Telemedicine may be defined as the use of electronic information and communications technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates the participants, or as the practice of medicine using technology to deliver care at a distance where a… Read More
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Anaphylaxis And COVID-19 Vaccines
A report published in JAMA on February 12, 2021 entitled “Reports of Anaphylaxis After Receipt of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines in the US—December 14, 2020-January 18, 2021” stated: “anaphylaxis following vaccination is a rare event, with rates of 4.7 cases/million Pfizer-BioNTech… Read More
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Federal Lawsuit Challenges Change In CMS Policy Regarding Nursing Home Civil Money Penalties
A Complaint filed on January 18, 2021 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia alleges that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) weakened enforcement of… Read More
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Demographics Of Those Who Received COVID-19 Vaccination During The First Month
The CDC reported on February 1, 2021, “In December 2020, two COVID-19 vaccines were authorized for emergency use in the United States. The first groups prioritized for vaccination included health care personnel and long-term care facility residents. During the first… Read More
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CDC: Only One-Third Of Nursing Home Staff Have Agreed To Receive COVID-19 Vaccination
The CDC reported on February 1, 2021, “Among 11,460 SNFs with at least one vaccination clinic conducted during the first month of the CDC Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, a median of 77.8% of residents and 37.5% of staff… Read More
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AARP: “Who’s To Blame For The 100,000 COVID Dead In Long-Term Care?”
AARP, in an article published in December 2020 that is entitled, “Who’s to Blame for the 100,000 COVID Dead in Long-Term Care?” stated, “The single greatest error of America’s response to the pandemic in nursing homes, most agree, was the… Read More
