Maryland weighs reform for long-term care facilities, where covid-19 has killed 3,500
Rebecca Tan and Rachel Chason, The Washington Post
Feb. 26, 2021
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The Peak Healthcare facility at Sligo Creek in Takoma Park, Md., which the private investment firm Portopiccolo Group bought from Genesis HealthCare in May. It is shown Nov. 29, 2020.Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton
Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill that would mandate state inspections after out-of-state owners purchase nursing homes, where the devastation of the coronavirus pandemic has exposed lapses in infection control, patient care and oversight.
Lawmakers said they decided to introduce the measure following a report in The Washington Post about Portopiccolo, a New Jersey-based investment home that acquired at least 20 nursing homes across the country even as the pandemic raged through its other facilities.
Maryland legislation would tighten oversight at nursing homes after covid-19
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to become the main authorised distributors of the government-procured vaccines to local hospitals.
Beyond that, several healthcare providers are expected to participate in the wholesale distribution process on behalf of the distributors of government-procured vaccines.
Analysts are betting on several companies including Apex Healthcare Bhd
. This is based on its vast distribution network, past track record of distributing vaccines and other pharmaceutical products.
Apex has enough cold chain facilities in both Malaysia and Singapore that are capable of storing vaccines.
“Coupled with a robust warehousing system, we predict that Apex will be a prominent player in the Covid-19 vaccine distribution, ’’ said AmInvestment Research wrote in a report.