Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late in the afternoon of Thursday, September 17, 2020, CMS dropped the latest guidance for nursing home visitation during COVID-19: QSO-20-39-NH. There is a great deal of information within this 7-page memorandum so be sure to review it carefully with your team and colleagues. I’m highlighting…… Continue reading CMS Updates COVID-19 Guidance for Nursing Homes

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has updated the NH COVID-19 data for Week Ending: 09/06/2020. We’ll see the next county positivity rates posting on/about Monday, September 21, 2020 as those rates are posted the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month.  Read more about this and the just-established archive of…… Continue reading Nursing Home COVID-19 Data Updated

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “On September 16, 2020, CMS received the final report and recommendations from the Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes (the Commission). The Commission conducted an independent review and comprehensive assessment of the nursing home response to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to identify…… Continue reading Comparison: Trump Administration Actions and Commission Recommendations

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Please join our weekly partner call for updates on the COVID-19 response, including new resources for the private sector and the general public. Date: Monday, September 21, 2020 Time: 3:00- 4:00 p.m. ET CDC Speakers 1.    Dr. John Brooks, Chief Medical Officer for the CDC COVID-19…… Continue reading CDC Webinar … COVID-19 Vaccination Planning: What You Should Know

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Breaking News: The report that all of LTC has been waiting for has just been posted: Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes – Commission Final Report … September 2020.  This is a 186-page report.  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) tasked…… Continue reading Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes – Final Report

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare ASPR Tracie [Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE)] has released a new toolkit for nursing homes to address current response and recovery operations to novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).  This toolkit carries the date of…… Continue reading COVID-19 Considerations for Long-Term Care Facilities (Toolkit)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has provided an online archive for COVID-19 Test Positivity Rates.  Currently on this website, this is what you’ll see: Bookmark and check this site as needed (in case you missed the most recent data posting).  The statement below is now found on the CMS COVID-19…… Continue reading NEW: COVID-19 Test Positivity Rates Archive

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Interim Clinical Guidance for Management of Patients with Confirmed Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) was updated September 10, 2020 by CDC. CDC also updated the following webpages this past week, but no specific details provided as to what each update included.  These websites may be of interest to…… Continue reading Recent COVID-19 Information/Updates

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare COVID-19 data for week ending August 30, 2020 is now available. Scroll down to the bottom of this webpage to view the individual NH datasets.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has released Toolkit on State Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 Prevalence in Nursing Homes – Version 9 on September 8, 2020. This document is a compilation of actions employed by organizations, including state governments, in the United States and outlying territories to assist nursing homes in…… Continue reading Toolkit on State Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 in NH … Version 9