HHS clarified in its recently updated Provider Relief FAQs that the Nursing Home Infection Control Payments can be used for costs to hire AND retain staff. Question: […]
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LeadingAge Interview with Admiral Brett Giroir on COVID-19 Testing
Admiral Brett Giroir, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health and Testing Lead at HHS, was interviewed by Ruth Katz on the LeadingAge Update Call Monday, October […]
CMS Updates Testing Frequency Methodology
In a press release on September 29, CMS confirmed an update to the methodology for determining rates of routine staff testing for COVID-19 based on […]
HHS Issues PRF Reporting Guidance with Limits on Lost Revenue
This document supplements previous reporting information issued in July and revised August. 14. As part of the required reports, providers must report certain data for 2019 […]
Abbott BinaxNow Webinar for Assisted Living Facilities
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, the CDC and Abbott jointly presented a webinar targeted to assisted living facilities receiving the new Abbott […]
CMS Revises Visitation Guidance to Allow More Visitation Options
On September 17, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released revised visitation guidance for nursing homes during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. […]
Making Care Work Pay
LeadingAge released a new report, Making Care Work Pay: How Paying at Least a Living Wage to Direct Care Workers Could Benefit Care Recipients, Workers, and […]
CMS Releases Rules, Guidance on Nursing Home Testing
Consistent with previous recommendations from CMS and CDC, nursing homes will now be required to test all residents and staff in response to an outbreak, […]
CMS Releases Interim Final Rule on Testing of Nursing Home Staff, Other Provisions
CMS held a phone call for all nursing home providers this afternoon to coincide with the release of an Interim Final Rule with Comments (IFC), […]
Nursing Home CNAs Show 4.76% Hourly Increase
CNA rates continued their upward trend from the 2019 increase of 3.10%. In a comparison by state, the lowest rates were reported in Louisiana at […]