Despite heightened federal requirements for coronavirus testing in nursing homes, a state official told legislators Wednesday that facilities were still in some cases struggling to access necessary testing materials. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued guidance in August requiring that nursing home staff be tested anywhere from once a month to two times per week, depending on how prevalent COVID-19 was in the county at large. Currently, nursing homes in over half of the state's counties have to test staff at least once a week, owing to county COVID-19 prevalence rates of over 5%...
