PPE hoarding, price gouging now a crime, attorney general says; CEO cites ‘misplaced hierarchy’...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 27, 2020
It is now a crime to hoard or price-gouge personal protective equipment, drugs and certain other health and medical resources that are scarce or threatened and needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Operator ‘strongly’ encourages COVID-19 testing after one resident dies, another tests positive...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 11, 2020
A Seattle senior living operator is “strongly” encouraging residents and staff members to be tested for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after one resident died and another tested positive for the...
Senior living needs COVID-19 testing kits for asymptomatic residents and staff, CEOs say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 23, 2020
Assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities must be given immediate access to COVID-19 testing kits to be able to identify asymptomatic residents and staff members and prevent the spread...
Ventas, CareTrust REIT hope for COVID aid for senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 10, 2020
Ventas and CareTrust REIT executives said Friday they are hopeful that senior living operators will receive assistance to battle the coronavirus in the next federal aid package.
Senior living communities in Washington, Maryland take precautions after positive COVID-19 test results
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 09, 2020
Senior living communities in Washington state and Maryland are taking steps to prevent an outbreak after people living in or visiting their communities tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)....
Reporting requirements tied to federal COVID aid remain uncertain for assisted living operators
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 18, 2020
Private-pay assisted living operators cheered when the Department of Health and Human Services announced that they could apply for COVID-19-related aid from the Provider Relief Fund. The announcement,...
AHCA / NCAL, AMDA blast ‘short-sighted’ plans to discharge people with COVID-19 from hospitals to...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2020
“The question all state officials must consider is whether the risk of introducing a virus with an estimated 30% or higher mortality rate into a nursing home or assisted living community outweighs...
Federal government ‘in second inning’ of coronavirus relief, official says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 16, 2020
The federal government is “in the second inning” of providing relief related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin said at a Saturday press conference. Here’s the...
The Department of Health and Human Services is extending until Aug. 28 the deadline for eligible state Medicaid providers, including assisted living operators, to apply for monies from the Coronavirus...
Limit visitors to address ‘significant challenge’ of COVID-19, AHCA / NCAL says; Argentum, Brookdale...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 11, 2020
Assisted living communities should limit access to only those individuals who are critical to the operational or care needs of their buildings in order to prevent “dire consequences” that could result...