Post-Acute

CMS will begin posting staff turnover rates and weekend staff levels for nursing homes on its Care Compare website, it said Jan. 26.

AARP called on nursing homes across the nation to require COVID-19 booster shots for residents and staff amid a rise in infections and lag in booster rates, the organization said Jan. 20.  

A former Arkansas nursing home owner was arrested and charged in federal court in New Jersey with failing to pay $29.5 million in payroll and unemployment taxes and benefit plan fraud, the Department of Justice said Jan. 20.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services issued a new order Jan. 20 requiring nursing homes to offer COVID-19 booster shots to residents on-site.

Two North Carolina nursing home residents were found dead and two more were hospitalized after a wellness check uncovered just three staff members caring for the facility's 98 residents, CBS affiliate WFMY News 2 reported Jan. 18. 

South Carolina ranks the highest among U.S. states and the District of Columbia for nursing home residents testing positive for COVID-19 weekly in the nation, and Montana ranks the lowest, according to CMS data updated Jan. 16. 

A Jan. 17 report  of an additional 1,511 COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes across the state of Michigan is drawing criticism from health officials, FOX 2 Detroit reported.

Several states have recently announced new guidelines and initiatives to combat rising COVID-19 infections among residents and staff at nursing homes.

Pennsylvania has the highest number of COVID-19-related deaths in nursing homes in the country, according to weekly data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services updated Jan. 2.

COVID-19 infections are rising among both nursing home residents and staff nationwide, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 11.