Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the COVID-19 nursing home data for the week ending June 19, 2022. Comparing the June 19th data to the previous June 12th data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate decreased 0.1% (same as the previous week)Residents with booster doses increased 0.5%Staff vaccination rate remained the sameStaff…… Continue reading Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN COVID-19 Nursing Home Data 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the COVID-19 Nursing Home data for the week ending June 12, 2022. Comparing the June 12th data to the previous June 5th data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate decreased 0.1%Residents with booster doses increased 0.4%Staff vaccination rate decreased 0.1%Staff with booster doses increased…… Continue reading Current COVID-19 Nursing Home Data Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare NHSN has posted an update to the COVID-19 Vaccination Modules: Understanding Key Terms and Up to Date Vaccinationguidance document (7 pages) as of June 21, 2022. This document defines key terms related to COVID-19 vaccination for the purpose of NHSN public health surveillance. Facilities can…… Continue reading COVID-19 Vaccination Modules: Understanding Key Terms and Up to Date Vaccination – Quarter 3 (June 2022) Guidance

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the COVID-19 data for nursing homes for the week ending June 5, 2022. Comparing the June 5th data to the previous May 29th data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate remained the same as last week’s reportResidents with booster doses increased by 1.0% this…… Continue reading Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare A recission of a previously issued QSO is something you don’t see every day.  I can’t recall this happening in the many years I’ve followed CMS.  It happened just a bit ago, Thursday, June 16, 2022 via QSO-22-18-ALL.  “Discussion CMS is rescinding QSO 22-10-ALL. As…… Continue reading Rescission of the January 25, 2022 Memo Regarding Vaccination Expectations for Surveyors Performing Federal Oversight (QSO-22-10-ALL) and Removal From Its Guidance

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted QSO-22-17-ALL the afternoon of Tuesday, June 14, 2022 with the same title as this blog. Note the change from previous survey oversight – 2nd bullet above and verbiage from the QSO below. “The staff vaccination requirement for all CMS-certified providers and suppliers has…… Continue reading Surveys for Compliance with Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Requirements

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities can take steps to assess and improve their preparedness for responding to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Each facility will need to adapt this checklist to meet its needs and circumstances based on differences among facilities (e.g., patient/resident characteristics, facility…… Continue reading Preparedness Checklist for Nursing Homes and Other Long-Term Care Settings 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the nursing home COVID-19 data for the week ending May 29, 2022. Comparing the May 29th data to the previous May 22nd data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate dropped 0.1% for the first time in 4 weeksResidents with booster doses increased by…… Continue reading Current CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Treatments are now available for non-hospitalized adults and some children with COVID-19. Get and share the facts on available outpatient COVID-19 treatments with the Real-Time Learning Network’s new infographic.    More information is available here. Bookmark this reference for future use! Thank you IDSA (Infectious…… Continue reading Get the Facts – Available Outpatient COVID-19 Treatments (Infographic)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the Nursing Home COVID-19 data for the week ending May 22, 2022. Comparing the May 22nd data to the previous May 15th data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate again remained the same as the 4 previous weeksResidents with booster doses increased by 0.2%…… Continue reading Most Recent CMS, CDC and NHSN Long-Term Care COVID-19 Data