Medicare Limits Coverage of $28,000-A-Year Alzheimer’s Drug
Medicare said Tuesday it will limit coverage of a $28,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug whose benefits have been widely questioned, a major development in the nation’s tug-of-war…
Healthcare Workers Are Panicked as Desperate Hospitals Ask Infected Staff to Return
Hospitals and long-term care facilities are so short staffed that many are compelling Covid-positive doctors and nurses to return to work, arguing that bringing back…
CMS Proposes Medicare Coverage Policy for Monoclonal Antibodies Directed against Amyloid for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed National Coverage Determination (NCD) decision memorandum. The proposed National Coverage Determination would cover…
UR Medicine Creates In-Hospital Nursing Home Units
Pressed by a shortage of nursing home beds for patients ready for discharge, two of UR Medicine’s Rochester hospitals have created in-hospital virtual nursing home…
Pennsylvania Announces New Support for Long-Term Care Facilities
The Wolf Administration today announced a new initiative to help long-term care facilities respond to COVID-19 and improve resiliency. The Long-Term Care Resiliency, Infrastructure Supports,…
AHCA/NCAL Requests Extension of Public Health Emergency
With the public health emergency (PHE) set to expire on January 16th, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) sent…
Five States Now Require COVID-19 Boosters for Nursing Home Staff
Amid the latest COVID-19 surge, Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut became the latest states this week to require healthcare workers, including nursing home staff —…
Mass. mandates COVID-19 booster shots for nursing home workers and takes action to ease hospital bottlenecks
Workers who care for some of the most frail patients in Massachusetts, including those in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, must receive a COVID-19…
Woman Says She Was Given Meth While Staying at WV Nursing Home
A West Virginia woman says she was unwittingly exposed to methamphetamine during her stay at a Putnam County nursing home and rehab facility while she…
California Now Requires Boosters, Negative COVID Test for Most Nursing Home Visits
Under a new state health order, people visiting residents of skilled nursing homes and similar adult care facilities in California must be fully vaccinated, boosted…