The policy director of the American Hospital Association, the CEO of a Chicago-area long-term hospital and a pulmonologist discussed the role of treating patients experiencing "long COVID-19" in an AHA podcast published April 14.

Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an act April 6 repealing the immunity and protection granted last year to healthcare facilities and professionals treating COVID-19 patients.

Nearly half of the staff at Forest Hills of D.C. nursing home in Washington turned down their chance to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when it was first offered to them in January. After months of gentle persuading efforts by the facility's chief executive, 79 percent of staff are now vaccinated, The New York Times reported March 28. 

One resident died and a firefighter was reported missing after a massive fire broke out early March 23 at the Evergreen Court Home for Adults in Spring Valley, N.Y., The New York Times reported. 

Burlington, Wash.-based Prestige Care and Rehabilitation will be shuttering, putting its 54 residents in limbo, according to NBC's KING-TV.

The number of new COVID-19 cases among nursing home staff members has fallen 83 percent, from 28,802 cases reported the week ending Dec. 20 to 4,764 new cases for the week ending Feb. 14, according to CMS data cited by Kaiser Health News.

California prosecutors are suing the nation's largest chain of senior living communities, claiming Brentwood, Tenn.-based Brookdale Senior Living has manipulated Medicare's star-rating system, according to a March 15 news release. 

Many nursing homes in the U.S. have taken advantage of the CMS star ratings system to achieve higher ratings without addressing quality issues, according to an investigative report from The New York Times.

Nursing homes should allow responsible indoor visitation for residents, according to CMS guidance updated March 10.

When nursing homes transferred Medicaid patients to hospital emergency rooms, Florida health officials didn't always make sure those transferring facilities reported potential abuse or neglect to the ERs, according to a report from an HHS watchdog agency.

High staff turnover exists in nursing homes nationwide and is correlated with several organizational characteristics, including quality, according to a new study.

Lakeview Terrace Skilled Nursing Facility in Los Angeles will pay $275,000 in penalties and costs as part of a settlement from a lawsuit that accused the facility of discharging long-term residents to make room for more COVID-19 patients, who are more profitable due to higher Medicare reimbursement payments, the Los Angeles Times reported March 1. 

A grand jury indicted the former administrator of Mount Lebanon (Pa.) Rehabilitation and Wellness Center Feb. 24 on charges of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, healthcare fraud and obstruction of a federal audit.

A registered nurse is facing charges alleging neglect and abuse of a 69-year-old female resident, according to a Feb. 17 news release from California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.

Four residents and five staff members from Iowa Park (Texas) Healthcare Center nursing home were hospitalized after a fire reportedly started in the facility's attic Feb. 16, according to an update posted on the facility's social media.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Feb. 15 that his administration's lack of transparency about all COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes was a mistake, the first time the governor has publicly made such a statement, reports The New York Times.

COVID-19 deaths at nursing homes where more than 40 percent of residents were Black or Hispanic were about 3.3 times higher than those in nursing homes with the highest proportions of white residents, according to a study published Feb. 10 in JAMA Network Open.

Members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania are urging Gov. Tom Wolf and the state's health department to back a list of changes aimed at improving both resident care and staff support. The union said the state hasn't updated nursing home regulations since the 1990s, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported Feb. 8.

About 20 percent of all nursing homes in the U.S. faced staffing shortages in December, which likely contributed to COVID-19 outbreaks at facilities, CBS News reported Feb. 1. 

The New York State Department of Health undercounted the number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes by as much as 50 percent, according to a Jan. 28 report from state Attorney General Letitia James.