Minnesota Department Of Health Suggests Delaying Implementation Of Rules To Increase Assisted Living Community Oversight and other COVID-19 Updates AHCA/NCAL NEWS One-Time COVID-19 Testing Of Each Nursing Home Resident, Staff Member In US Would Cost $440 Million Skilled Nursing News (5/20, Spanko) reports, “The nation’s largest organization representing nursing homes on Wednesday pegged the one-time cost … [Read more]

AHCA/NCAL Addresses COVID-19 Issues Related To LTC Facilities and other COVID-19 Updates AHCA/NCAL Addresses COVID-19 Issues Related To LTC Facilities AHCA/NCAL continues to address LTC coronavirus issues. For example, Managed Health care Executive (5/18, Loria) reported American Health Care Association/National Center For Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) president and CEO Mark Parkinson tweeted, “People will end up blaming nursing … [Read more]

Special Edition: Stories of Care This special edition series of Provider Daily is designed to keep Provider subscribers abreast of positive news in the long term care profession. To share your stories of care, please email  storiesofcare@ahca.org . LONG TERM CARE NURSE CROSSES STATE LINES TO HELP HARDEST HIT AREAS A West Virginia long term … [Read more]

Before LTC Facilities Begin To Reopen, They Must Have Additional Support Provider Magazine (5/6, Connole, 151K) reports that “as states weigh how to reopen their economies after locking down to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the long term care profession said skilled nursing and assisted living providers must have additional support in the … [Read more]

TC Providers Require More Funding, PPE, Tests as States Weigh Reopening Moves LTC Providers Require More Funding, PPE, Tests as States Weigh Reopening Moves Patrick Connole Reliable testing is still not a reality for many long term care centers, nor is a consistent supply of personal protective equipment for health care workers. Read more here.