The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to update the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) system to which nursing homes and other healthcare […]
News Topic: COVID
Phase 4 PRF Distributed and Reporting Period Added
On Friday, September 9, 293 additional providers received $60 million in long-awaited Phase 4 PRF distribution. This represented the 10th batch of funds sent out […]
Decoding Mixed Messages on Updated Booster Recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) announced new COVID-19 booster recommendations on September 1, recommending bivalent vaccines for individuals 12 years and older. […]
CMS Updates COVID-19 Medicare Provider Flexibilities for Home Health and Hospice
On August 18th, 2022, CMS released a blog on a roadmap to the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. In the blog post, Jonathan […]
When Hospitals Needed Help, One LeadingAge Member Bolstered a Regional Health Care System
Nonprofit aging services providers exist to serve older adults, first and foremost. But they also play a valuable role–too seldom acknowledged–in the larger health care […]
Deadline for Late Reporting and Reissued PRF Opportunity July 29
Providers who failed to submit a PRF report for Reporting Period 1(RP1) and returned the corresponding PRF payments to HRSA before HRSA announced a late reporting […]
Providers Who Return PRF Get Second Chance to Report
Eligible providers must follow the following steps as part of this process: Step 1: If you have not done so already, please register in the PRF […]
PRF Reporting Period 3 is Open, Informational Webinars Available
HRSA will be hosting two “informational webcasts” on the reporting process from 3 – 4p.m. ET on July 12 – For New Reporting Entities and July […]
State by State Face Mask Mandates
Over the course of the pandemic, 39 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia had orders broadly requiring people to wear masks in public. […]
State by State Face Mask Mandates
Over the course of the pandemic, 39 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia had orders broadly requiring people to wear masks in public. […]