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Reopening of Long-Term Care Facilities Is ‘an Absolute Necessity for Our Well-Being’

March 4, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed

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UnitedHealthcare suspends some prior authorization rules for hospitals

January 12, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) UnitedHealthcare suspended some prior authorization requirements for in-network hospitals and in-network skilled nursing

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99% of long-term care facilities have signed up for free COVID-19 vaccines from CVS, Walgreens

November 20, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) HHS Secretary Alex Azar said Nov. 18 that the department is seeing “tremendous uptake”

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Nursing Homes Still See Dangerously Long Waits for COVID Test Results

November 12, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Jordan Rau and Lauren Weber and Rachana Pradhan for Kaiser Health News) Nursing homes are still taking days to get back COVID-19 test results

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Thousands of long-term care facilities have signed up for free COVID-19 vaccines given by CVS, Walgreens

October 27, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Thousands of long-term care facilities have opted into a free HHS program with

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CVS, long-term care facilities to team up, distribute COVID-19 vaccine

October 19, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) CVS Health said Oct. 16 that it will partner with long-term care facilities

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Over 70 percent of seniors will need long-term care

October 6, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

Many seniors and non-seniors assume that Medicare covers long-term care, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Yes, Medicare

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Nursing Homes 

Some nursing homes evicting unprofitable patients by claiming they have psych issues

September 22, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Gabrielle Masson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Some nursing homes may send poor residents requiring extra care to emergency rooms

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Nursing Homes Given Federal Go-Ahead To Allow More Visitors

September 18, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Ina Jaffe for NPR) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which regulate nursing facilities, are lifting the ban

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A Pandemic Upshot: Seniors Are Having Second Thoughts About Where to Live

September 18, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Where do we want to live in the years ahead? Older adults are

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