HHS Steps Up Effort to Reduce Antipsychotic Med Abuse in Nursing Homes
Aging
HHS Steps Up Effort to Reduce Antipsychotic Med Abuse in Nursing Homes
2023-01-18 20:25:30
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services announced new steps on Wednesday aimed at reducing the inappropriate use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes. “No nursing home resident should be improperly diagnosed with schizophrenia or given an inappropriate... Read More

Administration Takes New Steps to Improve Nursing Home Quality
Health
Administration Takes New Steps to Improve Nursing Home Quality
2022-10-21 17:09:58
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is taking new steps to increase accountability of bad actors in the nursing home industry, improve the quality of nursing homes and make them safer. The new initiatives follow up on President Joe Biden’s promise... Read More

Watchdog: Nursing Home Deaths Up 32% in 2020 Amid Pandemic
Health
Watchdog: Nursing Home Deaths Up 32% in 2020 Amid Pandemic

WASHINGTON (AP) — Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by 32% last year, with two devastating spikes eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most comprehensive look yet at the ravages of COVID-19 among its... Read More

Report Looks at Why Antipsychotics Are Being Overprescribed in Nursing Homes
Aging
Report Looks at Why Antipsychotics Are Being Overprescribed in Nursing Homes
2021-05-17 21:50:06
by Alexa Hornbeck

A recent report from the Health and Human Services Department finds that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services needs to improve data used to monitor antipsychotic drugs in nursing homes, as insufficient data underestimates the scope of the antipsychotic... Read More

Trump Nursing Home Plan Limits Supply of Free COVID-19 Tests
Health
Trump Nursing Home Plan Limits Supply of Free COVID-19 Tests

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's plan to provide every nursing home with a fast COVID-19 testing machine comes with an asterisk: The government won't supply enough test kits to check staff and residents beyond an initial couple of rounds.... Read More

Wexton Seeks to Restore Autonomy, Dignity to Nursing Home Residents on Medicaid
Entitlements
Wexton Seeks to Restore Autonomy, Dignity to Nursing Home Residents on Medicaid
2019-08-13 21:50:38
by Sean Trambley

In July, freshman Representative Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., introduced the Personal Needs Allowance Modernization Act to improve the financial security of Medicaid beneficiaries living in nursing facilities.  Currently, Medicaid beneficiaries who are eligible for nursing care must contribute almost their entire... Read More

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