The federal agency that oversees long-term care facilities has notified Athena Healthcare that it will no longer provide federal Medicare funding to about 200 residents at Abbott Terrace Health Center in Waterbury. The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services notified state officials and Athena Tuesday night that it would stop funding new patients after Sept. 10 and halt funding for all patients within 30 days because “the facility is not meeting Medicare’s basic health and safety requirements.” The unprecedented move by federal officials will effectively close the 205-bed facility because most of its residents are on Medicaid or Medicare, not…
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During a congressional hearing on Tuesday, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo defended his administration’s response to COVID-19 in nursing homes.Governor Cuomo, whose decisions in early 2020 sparked widespread criticism, appeared before the Republican-led House Select Subcommittee on COVID-19. The hearing focused on a March 2020 directive that required nursing homes to accept recovered COVID-19 patients, a policy that some believe may have contributed to the spread of the virus among vulnerable populations.Ahead of Cuomo’s testimony, the subcommittee released a report accusing the Democrat of engaging in a “cover-up” to hide mistakes that put nursing home residents at risk.During the…
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One of the key findings is that while many hospitals are dealing with the same types of problems, they are at different levels of maturity and complexity. There is no typical hospital, and hospitals vary widely in everything from bed utilization to operating room utilization and even staff turnover. Additionally, healthcare businesses take time to mature. Few facilities are operationally, financially, and quality-of-care stable for the first five years. This is an important consideration in your business planning, especially when evaluating investment opportunities.There were some surprising results. Healthcare companies in emerging markets show similar operating margins to large private and…
House Republicans sparred with former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who testified before Congress for the first time on Tuesday about the excessive death toll in New York state nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Cuomo has agreed to testify before the Special Subcommittee on COVID-19 regarding the New York State Department of Health’s March 25, 2020, order prohibiting nursing homes from refusing to admit a patient “based solely on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19.” Cuomo began his testimony by saying he was “sorry for all the lives that have been lost,” but did not take responsibility…
This article is part of the HHCN+ Membership Referral sources are the lifeblood of home care companies, and strong relationships with them are a path to sustainability for providers, even when there are headwinds in payments and staffing. Avid Health at Home’s referral source strategy incorporates many elements: The company prioritizes daily communication and personalizing outreach. “No two referral sources or payers are exactly the same, so it’s important to get to know the people who are referring cases to you and tailor your communication style to their needs and preferences for how they want to hear about your business,”…
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo began testimony Tuesday at an intense Assembly subcommittee hearing centered on his response to the COVID-19 pandemic as the virus began spreading in the state’s nursing homes in 2020.Members of the Republican-led House COVID-19 Subcommittee released a report ahead of Governor Cuomo’s testimony accusing Democratic lawmakers of orchestrating a “cover-up” to hide mistakes that put nursing home residents at risk. During the hearing, Gov. Cuomo fiercely defended his administration’s actions during the pandemic, saying the subcommittee was trying to deflect attention from former President Donald Trump’s failed pandemic leadership.Cuomo told the committee the report…
Google DeepMind has announced the launch of AlphaProteo, an AI system that helps researchers in biology and health design new high-strength proteins that bind precisely and strongly to target molecules. AlphaProteo was trained on the Protein Data Bank (PDB) to enable breakthroughs in science and education by providing access and tools for exploring, visualizing, and analyzing experimentally determined 3D structures from the PDB archive. AlphaProteo generates candidate proteins that bind to a target based on the structure of the target molecule and a set of preferred binding sites on that molecule. The tech giant said the binder has the potential…
Takeda Pharmaceutical and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have launched a strategic partnership aimed at developing innovative solutions to reduce hard-to-reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the healthcare sector.The partnership is focused on tackling greenhouse gas emissions caused by the disposal of regulated medical waste, including pharmaceutical packaging and single-use plastics, which pose some of the industry's most complex environmental challenges. By working together, Takeda and BMC will not only reduce these emissions, but also share insights and solutions with other healthcare organizations to facilitate widespread adoption and advance decarbonization progress across the industry. We also aim to promoteThe primary objective…