CDC Updates Strategies to Optimize Eye Protection in Healthcare Settings
On December 22, 2020, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their series of strategies to optimize supplies of eye protection in healthcare…
OIG Provides Recommendations to CMS after Review of Focused Infection Control and Complaint Surveys
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is recommending to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that they assess the results of their infection…
A Fire in a NY Nursing Home Probable Cause of Spread of COVID-19
On November 15, 2020, a fire broke out in a nursing facility’s maintenance garage in New York. A week after the fire, COVID-19 was spreading…
OCR Issues Guidance on HIPAA, HIE, and Disclosures of PHI for Public Health Purposes
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance addressing how the Health Insurance Portability…
Illinois Lawmakers Approve Safeguards to Improve Quality of Care in Nursing Homes
In 2018, Illinois was ranked 50th in the nation for direct care nursing hours per resident per day, and were the second worst in the…
Negligence Lawsuit Filed against a South Carolina Nursing Home for the Spread of COVID-19 and Death
A lawsuit has been filed against a South Carolina nursing home claiming a resident died after contracting COVID-19 while residing in the nursing home, alleging…
Tennessee Nursing Home Found at Fault for a Fatal Fall
A Tennessee nursing home has been ordered to pay over $500,000 to the family of a woman who suffered a fatal fall at the facility…
CMS Recommends Nursing Home Residents Do Not Leave Facilities during the Holiday Season
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is recommending that residents do not leave the nursing home, especially during the holiday season. The anticipated…
CMS Releases COVID-19 Vaccine Reimbursement Toolkit
The initial supply of COVID-19 vaccines will be federally purchased, and there will be no cost to the American people who receive the COVID-19 vaccine.…
COVID-19 Nursing Home Death Rate at All-Time High
Over a four-week time span from mid-October to mid-November 2020, 8,436 nursing home residents have died per an analysis of federal data by the American…