3,000+ nursing home workers have died from COVID, union says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 28, 2023
More than 1.5 million nursing home workers have been infected with COVID-19 and more than 3,000 have died since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a recent report from the AFL-CIO.
HRSA sends final PRF repayment notices
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 19, 2022
Providers required to repay Provider Relief Fund payments soon will receive email communications and then certified letters from the Health Resources & Services Administration.
In absence of Supreme Court ruling, work toward compliance with OSHA rule, experts advise
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 11, 2022
With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration withdrawing part of its COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard, the agency’s vaccination-and-testing mandate for employers with 100 or...
Biden administration asks Supreme Court for stay from injunctions against CMS vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2021
As lawsuits mount from multiple states, the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court Thursday to reinstate nationwide the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ emergency regulation mandating...
OSHA’s COVID-19 standard set to expire Dec. 21 if action not taken
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 17, 2021
Time is running out for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard, which was meant to protect healthcare sector workers from the spread of the...
HHS handling of Provider Relief Fund distributions ‘alarming,’ Argentum says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 13, 2022
The results of a congressionally mandated audit by the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General of Provider Relief Fund distributions are “alarming”
Provider Relief Fund reporting portal reopens for nursing homes through Dec. 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 14, 2021
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources & Services Administration re-opened the Provider Relief Funds portal yesterday for nursing homes through midnight on Dec. 20 after some...
‘Rough couple of months ahead’: Increasing COVID-19 litigation could mean trouble for employers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 10, 2021
An increase in litigation this summer could foreshadow a rough few months ahead for employers, especially in the healthcare sector, according to a report from employment and labor law firm Fisher Phillips.
COVID-19 booster compliance among long-term care workers remains low
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 15, 2022
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) this week clarified that long-term care and other healthcare workers in the state satisfy the state’s vaccination requirements once they obtain one booster dose of a COVID-19...
Ending state of emergency won’t change staffing needs, provider group says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2022
ency on Oct. 31, long-term care staffing needs have not abated, and lifting the order could affect regulations that have permitted additional flexibility in staffing. That’s according to the Washington...