The Texas Health Care Association (THCA), in a joint proposal with aging services organization LeadingAge Texas, this week requested $400 million in funding to help providers staff buildings amid the skilled nursing workforce shortage. That’s less than 3% of the total federal aid funding allocated to the state, THCA said in a letter to Texas […]
LeadingAge Texas
During a discussion to drive home the importance of more government funding for the aging services space, providers across the long-term care continuum, skilled nursing among them, said they are having to turn away referrals due to dwindling staff. President and CEO of LeadingAge Texas George Linial said 60% of his members have been unable […]
COVID-19 testing devices are shipping out to skilled nursing facilities across the U.S, but questions remain for many providers about how those devices are being distributed — and whether the supply lines for the test kits can keep up with the demand as SNFs try to meet testing mandates. The testing initiative, announced by the […]
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