CMS Administrator Seema Verma at a July press conference. An infection control training program aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes is now available for frontline facility ...

Key Takeaways New guidance urges every nursing home to have at least one full-time infection prevention ...

CMS launched a national nursing home training program designed for front-line caregivers and management and aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19. First announced by President Donald Trump in ...

On August 25, 2020, CMS announced two new changes pertaining to nursing homes during the COVID-19 public health emergency. First, CMS published an interim final rule with comment period (IFC), which ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – The Massachusetts Senior Care Association and Hebrew SeniorLife will help train 300 nursing homes across the state in infection control as part of a national program, officials ...

A new guideline for nursing homes aims to reduce the spread of infections and the rise of antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" while still encouraging social interaction.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality along with the University of New Mexico's Project ECHO and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement have partnered to establish a network that will ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has officially repealed most of the provisions of the federal nursing home staffing mandate.