McKnight's April 10, 2024
BALTIMORE — One of the newest nursing home division staff members at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services offered up her best Notradamus impression for providers here Wednesday.
No, Lenise Cummings-Vaughn, MD, freshly arrived medical officer and clinical director for post-acute care, didn’t predict the world’s end date. But at the agency’s 2024 Quality Conference, she called on providers to get ready for the next big catastrophe that might strike nursing homes — most likely a weather-related disaster.
Seniors, especially those in long-term care, are most vulnerable to such events, she said.
And nursing homes looking to avoid mistakes made during COVID — particularly by responding to exploding infection risks with total social isolation of residents — should keep...
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