WASHINGTON D.C. – There’s now a push in Congress to require full disclosure of COVID-19 cases and deaths at nursing homes.
The Trump administration is already requiring disclosures and has promised to make user-friendly data available to residents, families and the public at large.
Now, there are reports that some facilities that had cases and deaths turn up as having none on Medicare’s COVID-19 nursing home website and consumer advocates say finding statistics for any individual nursing home can be a challenge.
Medicare says it lacks the legal authority to require nursing homes to report cases going back to the beginning of the year.
One of the first nursing home sites to experience a COVID-19 was Life Care Center of Kirkland, in late February.