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Several New York officials are claiming a nursing home sent COVID-19 patients to nearby hospitals to die so its record of virus containment would appear better than it was, according to ProPublica. 

A new report by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living broke down the percentage of nursing homes lacking a one-week supply of personal protective equipment for 33 states reporting data.

Nursing homes on the East Coast are grappling with whether to evacuate residents during hurricane season, which could pose its own set of health and safety risks amid the pandemic, reports STAT. 

Nursing home companies recently sued for Medicare fraud have received more than $300 million in COVID-19 relief payments, according to a Washington Post analysis.

MassHealth delivered initial termination notices to three private nursing homes Aug. 3, claiming the centers did not meet expectations amid the pandemic and had records of poor performance, according to The Boston Globe. 

The National Guard is administering COVID-19 tests at seven long-term care facilities in Richland County, Ohio, on June 20, the Mansfield News Journal reports.

Nearly every resident at an assisted living facility in BIllings, Mont., has contracted COVID-19 after the facility turned down the state's offer of free surveillance testing in June, according to CNN.

Many states now are permitting in-person visits at nursing homes and assisted-living centers as long as loved ones follow COVID-19 precautions, reports Kaiser Health News.

CMS plans to deploy groups of quality improvement experts, clinicians and consumers to nursing homes in COVID-19 hot spots, the agency said July 10.

Though nursing homes and other long-term care facilities have been hit hard by the new coronavirus, Maryland Baptist Aged Home in Baltimore has not reported a single case of COVID-19 during the pandemic, PBS News Hour reports.