The CDC has revised its guidelines for discharging COVID-19 patients to long-term care facilities and nursing homes.
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Concerns over spreading COVID-19 to vulnerable patient populations is complicating work for hundreds of thousands of home health providers nationwide, reports Kaiser Health News.
CMS placed the nursing home at the center of Washington state's COVID-19 outbreak in immediate jeopardy after an investigation revealed numerous deficiencies, the agency announced March 23.
At least 73 nursing homes and care facilities in 22 states have reported COVID-19 cases, with 55 related deaths confirmed among nursing home residents as of March 20, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.
Many senior living facilities are struggling to access personal protective equipment and other necessary supplies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey from Premier.
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A third of Medicare beneficiaries did not receive home health rehabilitation after a stay in the intensive care unit, despite the fact that it can improve recovery, according to new research.
Nursing homes and long-term care facilities are "ground zero" for COVID-19 outbreaks, former CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, wrote in an op-ed for CNN.
CMS and CDC inspectors will be conducting an investigation of Kirkland, Wash.-based Life Care Center, a nursing facility at the center of the U.S. COVID-19 outbreak, KIRO 7 reported.
As the healthcare industry continues its shift away from fee-for-service models toward value-based reimbursement, hospitals and health systems are focusing on selling outcomes rather than procedures.
Federal regulators have cited nursing homes for basic infection control deficiencies more than any other violation since 2017, according to a report from Kaiser Health News.