Nursing homes and COVID-19: Database now online

A new, searchable database shows COVID-19 case numbers at nursing homes around the country.

INFORMATION ONCORONAVIRUS CASESAT LOCAL NURSINGHOMES.THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT SAYSNURSING HOMESAROUND THECOUNTRY AREREQUIRED TOREPORT COVID-19INFORMATION TO THEC-D-C.AND THATINFORMATION IS NOWPUBLIC...HERE'S SOME OFWHAT IT SHOWSAROUND NORTHEASTWISCONSIN.THESE ARE NUMBERSABOUT RESIDENTS ATNURSING HOMES.IT SHOWS THATBETHEL HOME INOSHKOSH HASREPORTED 13 CASES,NO DEATHS...EDEN REHAB SUITESAND GREEN HOUSEHOMES, ALSO INOSHKOSH...REPORTED 1 CASEAND 1 DEATH.AND THREE OTHERNURSING HOMES INNORTHEASTWISCONSIN HAVEEACH REPORTED 1CASE AND NODEATHS.THOSE ARE STFRANCIS HOME INFOND DU LAC.RENNESHEALTH AND REHABCENTER IN APPLETON.AND PINES POSTACUTE AND MEMORYCARE INCLINTONVILLE.BUT ACCORDING TOTHAT NEW DATABASE,MORE THAN A HALF-DOZEN NURSINGHOMES AROUNDNORTHEASTWISCONSIN HAVEDATA MISSING, WITHTHOSE NURSINGHOMESNOT MEETING THELAST TWO DEADLINESTO SEND IN THATINFORMATION.TONIGHT, WE'REASKING WHY.(PICS FROM JON)THE NEW FEDERALDATABASE INCLUDESNURSING HOMEINFORMATION ONCONFIRMEDCORONAVIRUS CASESAMONG RESIDENTS.(VO)WE'RE FOCUSING ONNURSING HOMES THEDATABASE SAYSMISSED TWODEADLINES FORSENDING IN DATA.(EMAIL TO JV)THOSE INCLUDEKEWAUNEE HEALTHSERVICES INKEWAUNEE, GREENBAY HEALTHSERVICES IN GREENBAY, AND (PIC) MAPLELANE HEALTHSERVICES INSHAWANO.(LOCATER VO)ALL THREE ARENORTH SHOREHEALTHCARECENTERS.

THATCOMPANY... NORTHSHOREHEALTHCARE... ISBASED IN GLENDALE,NORTH OFMILWAUKEE.THE COMPANY SENTA STATEMENT THATSAYS IN PART:"While the system wasshowing a lack ofreporting for some of ourcenters in the greaterGreen Bay area,this was not due to a lackof effort to upholdtransparency andcompliance throughreporting."JON STAND UP: "THESTATEMENT WENT ONTO SAY TWO OF THETHREE CENTERSHAVE SINCEREPORTED, WHILETHE THIRD IS HAVINGA REGISTRATIONISSUETHAT THEY'REWORKING ONGETTING FIXED."A SEPARATENURSING HOMETHAT'S MISSINGINFORMATIONACCORDING TO THEDATABASE, IS ST.PAUL ELDERSERVICES INKAUKAUNA.BUT ST.

PAUL C-E-OSONDRA NORDERSAYS THAT IS NOTTRUE, BECAUSE THEYHAVE SENT IN THEINFORMATION.(SCREEN SHOT) SHESENT USSCREENSHOTS THATSHE SAYS SHOW THEREPORTING SYSTEMFROM THEIR END,WITH A LEGENDSAYING GREENMEANS "RECORDCOMPLETE."BUT WITH THE PUBLICDATABASE SHOWINGSOMETHING ELSE...zoom interview3:08-3:27"it doesn't look good forus, which is frustrating,when we have worked sohard to meet theseexpectations and thesereporting requirementsbut, i'm not going to let itbother me too muchbecause we have beenmore than transparentabouteverything that'shappening in our facilityhere."NORDER SAYS THEYHAD 1 CORONAVIRUSCASE IN THEIRNURSING HOME, APERSON WHO HASFULLY RECOVERED.ELSEWHERE, THEBROWN COUNTYCOMMUNITYTREATMENT CENTER -BAYSHORE VILLAGENURSING HOME ISALSO LISTED ASMISSINGINFORMATION.IT'S OWNED BY THECOUNTY.THE EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR OF THECOUNTY'S HEALTHAND HUMANSERVICESDEPARTMENT SAIDIT'S A TECHNICALISSUE... AND THEY'REWORKINGON GETTING ACCESSTO THE SYSTEM.ADDING, THEY HAVENOT HAD ANYCONFIRMED COVIDCASES AMONGRESIDENTS.WE REACHED OUT TOTHE FEDERAL AGENCYTHAT PUBLISHED THEDATABASE.A STATEMENT WERECEIVED BACK SAYSIN PART:AS WITH ANY NEWREPORTINGPROGRAM, THERECAN BE DATASUBMISSION ERRORSIN THE BEGINNING.

INAN EFFORT TO BETRANSPARENT, CMSMADE THE DATACOLLECTED BY THECDC PUBLIC ASQUICKLY AS POSSIBLEBALANCINGTRANSPARENCYAND SPEED AGAINSTTHE POTENTIAL OFINITIAL DATA ERRORS.NOW TO