Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted nursing home data regarding COVID-19 for week ending December 27, 2020.  The dataset carries a date of January 7, 2021. The above charts can be found here.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare I’m posting a separate blog on this toolkit as it looks to be an extremely valuable resource and I want it to be searchable within this blog site.  It will also be posted on our COVID-19 Resources webpage. This toolkitprovides long-term care facility (LTCF) administrators and…… Continue reading Long-Term Care Facility Toolkit: Preparing for COVID-19 Vaccination at Your Facility

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare States are working very hard to speed up COVID-19 vaccination rates.  Here are some state plans and dashboards you may want to check out and bookmark for future reference: TexasCOVID-19 Vaccination InformationCOVID-19 Vaccination in Texas dashboard NebraskaNebraska COVID-19 Vaccination dashboard.  On this same dashboard, you can access…… Continue reading COVID-19 News and Updates

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted updated county positivity data with a date of January 4, 2021.  Remember that the frequency of your LTC facility’s testing of staff and residents depends on your county positivity.  Information about these requirements and guidelines can be found here.  Archived past county positivity data…… Continue reading CMS Updates COVID-19 County Positivity Data

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted county positivity rates for December 28, 2020 last week.  I expect to see an updated data release later today so watch for my post reporting that. Nursing Home Facility data for December 31, 2020 is currently available.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Welcome to 2021! I hope that you, your families and your facility/community/agency families were able to enjoy a safe and wonderful holiday season these past 2 weeks. Let’s catch up on what’s happened during Christmas and New Years’ weeks: Upcoming Webinars: Vaccination in Long Term Care: Safety,…… Continue reading Updated COVID-19 Information, Guidance, Upcoming Webinars, Etc.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you/your staff was unable to watch the live webinar hosted by NAHCA and AMDA (see my blog on that presentation), I have great news for you.  The recording is now available. The recorded webinar is 1 hour 16 minutes in length and well worth your…… Continue reading Recording of NAHCA/AMDA CNA COVID-19 Vaccine Education Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare QSO-21-07-Psych Hospital, PRTF & ICF/IID was issued December 17, 2020.  [COVID-19 Infection Control for Psychiatric and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID)] The first 3 pages of this 15-page document is the QSO memorandum followed 12 pages of FAQs relating to these topics:…… Continue reading CMS COVID-19 Infection Control for Psychiatric and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted updated nursing home COVID-19 data for week ending December 6, 2020.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare HHS announced just a few minutes ago that more than $24.5 billion will be distributed to over 70,000 providers. “Up from the $20 billion originally planned, the addition of another $4.5 billion in funding is being used to satisfy close to 90 percent of each applicant’s…… Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: HHS Begins Distributing Over $24 Billion in Phase 3 COVID-19 Provider Relief Funding