The Department of Health and Human Services delays reporting requirements. DHHS announced last month that nursing homes will now have a longer grace period to report how they used Provider Relief Fund payments. HHS delayed the reporting deadline for healthcare providers because Congress passed the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. This added another
SavaSeniorCare announced that it was expanding its partnership with dialysis clinics. Sava will add on-site dialysis treatments to Sava’s facilities. Concerto provides in-house dialysis services to SNFs in Illinois, Maryland, Kansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Georgia, Michigan, and Ohio. SavaSeniorCare is a well-known national chain. One of the biggest in the country. Their revenue exceeds a billion dollars
New Hampshire Public Radio announced that greedy and selfish board members “cut in line” for a vaccine. Webster at Rye nursing home admitted to including board members on their list of eligible staff members for a vaccine. Obviously, none of them provide direct nursing care to the residents. Incredible. Jake Leon is the spokesman for
McKnight’s reported on one of their Flash Surveys. Long-time operational challenges are the top worries for nursing homes heading into 2021, a new McKnight’s Long-Term Care News survey shows. Respondents asked to pick their top four concerns heading into 2021. Results reflect all respondents’ answers. All the concerns and challenges revolve around money. Of course. “Having
Corporate Transparency Act Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act. This annual bill relates to U.S. defense spending. This year includes a measure known as the Corporate Transparency Act. The bill requires that the true, human owners of companies formed in the U.S. disclose their identities at the point of formation and upon any change—effectively banning
A nursing home patient in Michigan with the coronavirus asked Alexa on an Amazon Echo device for help before she died, her sister said. LouAnn Dagen died last Saturday, shortly after she was transferred to a hospital in Grand Rapids. She was 66. Dagen was a resident at the nursing home for 10 years and had never been transferred