Legal Immunity Mitch McConnell have delayed any relief to Americans for months. He demanded legal immunity for corporations who were negligent or reckless with employees and customers. Tying unconstitutional tort “reform” to relief for small businesses affected by the coronavirus is ridiculous and unnecessary. A blanket immunity for everyone punishes the businesses who spent the
The Trump Administration reverses course and refuses to provide vaccines to nursing home industry until after Christmas. The Administration is telling groups that are giving the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to wait until the New Year to inoculate caregivers and residents. CBS News reports Trump’s reversal contradicts a CDC recommendation that they be among the first
New Jersey New Jersey learned a valuable lesson from the tragic coronavirus pandemic. Starting February 1, 2021, New Jersey nursing homes will have safer staffing levels. Nursing homes must have one certified nursing assistant (CNA) per eight residents during day shifts, one direct caregiver for every 10 residents during the evenings, and one for every
OnPointe Health CEO The COVID-19 crisis has broken the cracks in the nation’s long-term care infrastructure wide open. Skilled Nursing News had an interview with Eric Tanner, CEO of OnPointe Health. Tanner says it is time to rethink the model. “We’re seeing it across the United States, across the world: The model is fundamentally broken,”
The F.D.A. approved the Pfizer vaccine. Pfizer collaborated with the German firm BioNTech to create the vaccine. However, the United States reserved only 100 million doses of the vaccine, enough to cover 50 million people, or fewer than one in six Americans. Trump refused to order additional vaccine when offered the opportunity months ago, leaving the
Rubber-Stamped North Carolina extended a private management deal with PruittHealth. The management deal includes four state-owned veterans nursing homes. The PruittHealth managed facilities had at least 36 residents die of COVID-19. PruittHealth is a for-profit Georgia-based nursing home chain. They own, operate, and manage dozens of facilities in the Southeast. In May, state and federal