A third-dose COVID-19 vaccination was recommended in US long-term care settings on September 24, 2021,1 though only half of eligible nursing home residents have received a third dose as of December 5, 2021.2 On August 17, 2021, the province of...
Last week, the Supreme Court ruled, in a 5-4 decision, that a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandate for health-care workers may proceed. The CMS rule requires that all health-care personnel that enter a care setting or...
Last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a Health Care Capsule report summarizing its extensive work on nursing homes, including assessments of the quality of care, COVID-19 response, consumer information concerns, and...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated the Nursing Home Resource Center with two new informational products. As of January 6, CMS updated the Nursing Home Visitation FAQs to give additional guidance about visitation during...
Following the recent statement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel about therapies for the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) created HCPCS code J0248 for...
MEMBERS ONLY CONTENT Login or Join At a time when health-care professionals are facing unprecedented challenges, empathy is essential but sometimes hard to muster. François Beausoleil, a veteran Cirque de Soleil musician who teaches/coaches...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and her leadership team are holding a call on Tuesday, January 18, at 1:00 PM ET to acknowledge the extraordinary legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, provide...
Older adults, particularly those with declining health, have frequent hospitalizations.1 These hospitalizations can result in cognitive and functional decline2,3 and many are considered potentially avoidable with appropriate care.1 Many countries...
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic has forced a sudden global implementation of telemedicine strategies, including in long-term care (LTC) facilities where many people with dementia and Parkinson disease (PD) reside. Telemedicine...
