Briggs Healthcare Blog

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare

I know it’s a hectic time for you and your colleagues these days!  In case you missed it, all Medicare certified SNF/LTC facilities are required to start submitting COVID-19 data to CMS via the NHSN portal beginning this Friday, May 8^th.  This blog will help you catch up.

NHSN (National Healthcare Safety Network – CDC) is hosting two (2) Office Hours sessions this week.  Both sessions have limited space and are being conducted using the Zoom platform.  I believe Zoom has only 3,000 virtual seats so please register ahead of time.  The sessions on May 6^th & 7^th are specific to enrollment questions and module completion.  The sessions on the 12^th & 14^th appear to be open to any questions including data groups, etc.

 

Topic: LTCFs COVID-19 Live Q & A Session for Module and Enrollment Specific Questions, Pt. 1
When: May 6, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM ET

Space is limited register in advance for this meeting:
https://cdc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIscuiprDgsGXnOUvNtpbdrp1YQFp773TYexternal icon

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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Topic: LTCFs COVID-19 Live Q & A Session for Module and Enrollment Specific Questions, Pt. 2
When: May 7, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM ET

Space is limited register in advance for this meeting:
https://cdc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItf-Copz4tHlbYy9mQxiqPKuDNG-CdvcIexternal icon

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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Topic: LTCFs COVID-19 Live Q & A Session Pt. 3
When: May 12, 2020
Time: 1:00 PM ET

Space is limited register in advance for this meeting:
https://cdc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItfu-pqTkvH2MsV2ABgrYt5vZXOtUN8Ycexternal icon

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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Topic: LTCFs COVID-19 Live Q & A Session Pt. 4
When: May 14, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM ET

Space is limited register in advance for this meeting:
https://cdc.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIscu2srDsiEglkcW2MxFjkBTLJZ-KwqDgexternal icon

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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This information is also found on the NHSN LTCF COVID-19 Module website.  There’s a lot of information on that website so bookmark it for future use.