For Winston-Salem, N.C.-based health system, Novant Health, which includes 15 hospitals, 800 clinics and hundreds of outpatient facilities, admissions have started to return to pre-COVID-19 numbers but referrals to SNFs are still down. While some of that has been lost to home-based care, Andrea Areskog, senior director of value-based care operations at Novant Health says […]
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As delta variant cases continue to pop up across the country, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), was the latest to call for long-term care workers to get the vaccine this week. The organization joins LeadingAge and other senior care advocates in pushing providers to adopt mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations […]
Senior care advocacy group LeadingAge on Monday became the latest organization to call for vaccine mandates among long-term care providers, encouraging its members to make the shots a condition of employment. The push comes as COVID-19 cases rise, linked to the delta variant and lagging vaccination rates among nursing home workers. Roughly 83% of new […]
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