Post-Acute

Nursing homes in Michigan must make "all reasonable efforts" to create units dedicated to residents with COVID-19, a new order from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer mandates.

Nursing homes with a large proportion of black or Latino residents are twice as likely to experience a COVID-19 outbreak than facilities with mostly white residents, according to an analysis from The New York Times.

About 3 million tests and $440 million would be needed to test each U.S. nursing home worker and resident once, according to an analysis by the American Health Care Association and National Center of Assisted Living.

The owner of a Connecticut nursing home had an innovative idea to protect the facility's residents during the COVID-19 pandemic: Give staff financial incentives to live in RVs on-site. It's paying off, as the facility has not reported a single…

CMS issued finalized guidelines for states on how to safely reopen nursing homes May 18.

Ten nursing homes operated by Life Care Centers of America failed to follow proper infection control protocols amid the pandemic, according to CMS inspection reports obtained by The Washington Post.

Nursing homes with high Medicare ratings and positive online reviews may have lower readmission rates, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

The attorney general of Pennsylvania has opened a criminal investigation into several nursing homes in the state.

CMS found a litany of patient care and infection control issues at a New Jersey nursing home, where 17 bodies were found piled in a small morgue in April, and imposed a $220,000 fine, according to The New York Times.

Health officials are fining a Maryland nursing home $10,000 a day for infection control deficiencies related to a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility, according to a notification letter obtained by The Washington Post.