Should home healthcare be a new focus for Medicare Advantage?
By
Jeff Fox
Apr 20, 2021
Home-based services are not a common, or even widely accepted, part of most Medicare Advantage plans. However, there have been some signs that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have begun...
Post-COVID-19 conditions tied to higher healthcare utilization
Jan 20, 2023
More severe acute COVID-19 illness, comorbidities and being unvaccinated all are associated with a higher risk for long symptoms.
Study looks at extent of residual lung abnormalities after COVID-19 hospitalization
Dec 02, 2022
The posthospitalization prevalence of residual lung abnormalities was estimated at 11.7% in sensitivity analyses.
Healthcare personnel more likely to be exposed to COVID-19 at work
Apr 14, 2022
HCP cases were more likely to report healthcare exposures and were less likely to report household/community exposures.
More news for Friday, March 1
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 01, 2024
What states spent on dementia care in 2010 through 2019 … Impaired sense of direction may be early sign of Alzheimer’s … Experiencing low healthcare quality is associated with greater dementia risk...
Pandemic likely to increase demand for affordable housing: NIC
By
John O'Connor
Apr 16, 2020
As the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic ravages the nation’s economy, the ranks of seniors requiring affordable housing and care will escalate, warns a recent National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
Low vaccination rates, rise in variants preventing end to COVID-19 crisis in long-term care
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 03, 2021
Although COVID-19 deaths in assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities have declined sharply in recent months, low vaccination rates in some parts of the nation are leading to a rise in...
US to drop most COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week as emergency ends
May 02, 2023
White House COVID-19 coordinator Ashish Jha said the goal now is to continue to encourage vaccinations.
UK is first country to approve Moderna omicron-targeted vaccine
Aug 15, 2022
The updated vaccine is expected to have a “important role” in protecting people from COVID-19 this winter.
FDA panel mulls Merck COVID-19 antiviral pill
Nov 30, 2021
An expert panel will vote later Tuesday on whether to recommend authorizing the drug for high-risk patients.