The tightening up comes after months of criticism of the nursing home business and of state and federal health officials who oversee nursing home operations. She has written several papers on the response to the coronavirus in nursing homes. That’s on top of $7.5 billion that has already gone to nursing homes as emergency federal aid since the virus began to spread. Verma said nursing homes and labs will be required to report test results to health officials, including demographic information about those tested. Rear Adm. John Polowczyk, who is coordinating the federal government’s distribution of medical supplies, told the news conference that 1.5 million N95 masks will be distributed to nursing homes in need by the end of next week.

Source: Washington Post August 25, 2020 23:12 UTC