Healthcare Heroes IL

Fighting to protect Illinois' healthcare heroes on COVID-19's frontlines. Calling on our leaders to restore immunity & stop unfair lawsuits

[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

Healthcare providers should be focused on what matters most: saving lives and stopping the spread of COVID-19. Sign up now to join us in the fight to protect IL healthcare heroes from unfair lawsuits: https://t.co/P8RXxqOwg8

[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

Spurred by a repeal of liability protections and statutory deadlines, families of residents who died from Covid-19 are bringing a wave of negligence and wrongful death lawsuits against NY nursing home facilities.

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

Illinois nursing homes are in line for a $700 million funding increase if a Medicaid funding bill gets a key stamp of approval from lawmakers this week.

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The Illinois House advanced a measure Monday that aims to ensure nursing home patients have a right to visitors even amid a public health emergency.

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

"Adding more than 1,000 trained caregivers to our field will make an impact, and we are hopeful that Gov. Walz’s administration will continue to dedicate resources to programs that allow us to recruit and retain skilled professional caregivers." https://t.co/asesGh6bLw

[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

“SB 1044 gives such broad discretion to employees that if they walk away from a completely safe workplace, the employer could do little in response without risking litigation.”

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

“While other providers have received relief offsetting nearly all of their losses, senior living providers have been overlooked time and again and have received relief offsetting less than 5% of their losses.”

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

While the Biden administration is targeting private equity firms that invest in nursing homes for reforms, two attorneys well-versed in fraud argue that existing mechanisms could deter private equity from “putting profits ahead of patients.”

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

An Illinois nursing home failed to show it’s immune from liability for residents’ deaths from Covid-19, because the PREP Act doesn’t apply in cases alleging that health-care facilities took no action to protect residents, a federal court in the state said.
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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

“The temporary staffing pool should give long-term care communities experiencing the greatest staffing crisis the breathing room they need to stay open while we wait for action from our Legislature on the more sustainable solution.”

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

A series of lawsuits filed against the State of Illinois claim the LaSalle Veterans' Home was negligent in how it handled a COVID-19 outbreak that killed more than 30 veterans. The state is now facing a stack of 27 lawsuits.

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

"Excluding the Covid-related financial assistance provided by the federal and state governments, the industry incurred an average loss of $11.50 per patient day (PPD) nationwide in 2020. Patient days also saw a 9% decline from 2019 to 2020."

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

Currently, 73.4% of residents and 40.5% of staff members have received their booster doses at nursing homes nationwide. Those figures are below the 87.3% and 84.9% rates for residents and staff, respectively, for initial vaccine regimens.

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

"The Legislature on Monday passed a compromise between the long-term care industry and trial lawyers that reduces the amount of mandated nursing hours that nursing homes must provide, but at the same time could allow for more lawsuits against providers."

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

"... We cannot meet additional staffing requirements when we can’t find people to fill the open positions nor when we don’t have the resources to compete against other employers.”

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the hardworking women healthcare workers!👩‍⚕️

[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

“Nursing homes face unprecedented pressures. On top of years of Medicaid underfunding, they are also experiencing severe staffing shortages and have been on the front lines of the COVID battle for two years."

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

“The real issue is that Medicaid has chronically underfunded nursing homes for years, leaving facilities on the brink of closure. More will close soon if they don’t receive proper government support coming out of this pandemic.”

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

“This legislation preserves avenues for holding bad actors accountable while preventing frivolous lawsuits that do nothing to enhance long-term care quality or accountability."

[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bill extending protection for assisted living providers from COVID-19-related lawsuits.

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[Healthcare Heroes IL @hcheroesIL]

"The solution is not straight-forward. Health care facilities, desperate to keep nurses on staff, may have to improve salaries and working conditions, but at many facilities, that’s easier said than done."

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