by Christie D'Agostino | Feb 3, 2024 | CMS Guidance Phase 3, coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19, nursing home abuse, nursing home attorney, nursing home deaths, nursing home reforms, nursing home workers, vaccine distribution, wrongful death, Wrongful Death Attorney
Covid Continues to Kill Nursing Home Residents, yet the Majority Go without the Latest Shot After Covid-19 ravaged American nursing homes in the height of the pandemic, getting vaccinations for the vulnerable elderly was a top priority. Now nursing home residents...
by Christie D'Agostino | Jan 3, 2023 | CMS, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19, nursing home attorney, nursing home deaths, nursing homes, nursing homes coronavirus, PA nursing home COVID-19, PA nursing homes, pandemic, philadelphia nursing home abuse attorney, vaccine distribution
Nursing Home Residents Yet to Receive Vaccine Boosters According to a recent Philadelphia Inquirer article, tens of thousands of Pennsylvania nursing home residents are behind on their COVID-19 booster shots. While the latest bivalent booster shot was developed to...
by Christie D'Agostino | Mar 19, 2022 | Brian P. Murphy, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, CMS, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19, pandemic, vaccine distribution
Additional CMS Requirements to Prevent COVID Infections from Under-Vaccinated Nursing Home Staff: According to Provider Magazine, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has compiled lists of additional precautions beyond the CDC’s Interim IPC...
by Christie D'Agostino | Feb 16, 2022 | Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19, nursing home neglect, nursing home workers, nursing homes, nursing homes coronavirus, vaccine distribution
Nursing Home Staffing Issues May Worsen with Federal Vaccine Mandate: Low staffing, a common cause of nursing home neglect, could increase in the wake of mandate enforcement. As announced in a CNN article, on Jan. 13 the U.S. Supreme Court voted to uphold a federal...
by Christie D'Agostino | Dec 28, 2021 | Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, nursing home workers, nursing homes coronavirus, PA nursing home COVID-19, pandemic, vaccine distribution
Vaccine Mandate for Health Care Workers Blocked by Federal Judge: On November 30, President’ Biden’s mandate requiring hospital and nursing home workers to be fully vaccinated by Jan. 4 was blocked by a federal judge, according to a New York Times article. With his...
by Christie D'Agostino | Nov 30, 2021 | Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19, nursing home workers, nursing homes, nursing homes coronavirus, PA nursing home COVID-19, PA nursing homes, pandemic, vaccine distribution
Mandate Gets Vaccine Results in Philadelphia Nursing Homes: The vaccine mandate for Philadelphia healthcare workers has succeeded in prompting 46 of the city’s 47 nursing homes to ensure the full vaccination of all non-exempted staff workers, says a Nov. 6...
