Patient Advocate Webinar Teach in – February 25, 2022

TOPIC: How to use the Federal & State Rating Systems to make the Best Nursing Home Choices. Date: Tuesday, Feb 25, 2022 Time: 10:00 AM—11:00 AM Speaker: Cynthia Rudder, Ph.D., StateWide Consultant RECORDING POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FLYER      ...

Nursing Home Visitation Update

Updates: NYS Nursing Homes are now required to give visitors a rapid COVID test to self-administer upon arrival at the facility: NYS has sent sufficient supplies to the nursing homes.  If the facility does not provide a rapid test, visitors cannot be required to test...

Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage

Medicare Patients Win the Right to Appeal Gap in Nursing Home Coverage By Susan Jaffe  JANUARY 28, 2022, Kaiser Health News REPUBLISH THIS STORY (ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES) A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against...