Biden’s Build Back Better Act is currently undergoing an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office before heading to the Senate for passage. The law includes some great improvements to health care especially nursing homes. Staffing in Nursing Homes Provisions that increase staffing will increase quality of care in the industry. Nursing homes will need a
Prepare to Prevent COVID-19 killed more nursing home residents last year than combat casualties during the combined wars in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. The $166 billion nursing home industry includes 15,600 skilled care facilities nationwide. The industry must do a better job with infection prevention and control. COVID-19 is not the last contagious virus
Investment The bipartisan law commits $550 billion in spending to repair and rebuild America’s infrastructure. America certainly needs to repair, upgrade, and modernize infrastructure. The investment will create good American jobs across the country. The law provides: $75 billion to build charging stations for electric vehicles, $73 billion to upgrade the country’s electrical grid, $66
Oversight is finally back for nursing home operators. CMS’s new memo directs investigators to review nurse competency, staffing, and residents’ quality of care. Investigators need to address unplanned weight loss, traumatic falls, injuries of unknown origin, abuse/neglect or pressure injuries. CMS warns that States must adhere to the new survey guidelines or risk losing 5% of
Do nursing homes get blanket immunity under the PREP Act? Residents have filed lawsuits for the facilities failures to take reasonable safety precautions to prevent and contain of COVID-19. The failures include violations on failing to monitor food preparation; to provide personal protective equipment; allowing visitors and employees enter without safety precautions. The nursing home
The vast majority of legal analysts understand that CMS has the legal authority to require vaccines for healthcare providers to protect vulnerable patients. 76,000 Medicare and Medicaid funded providers have until Dec. 5 to achieve 100% staff vaccination by Jan. 4. The requirement may apply to more than 17 million healthcare workers. More than 14
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