Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare You may have heard late yesterday/early this morning that OSHA has “suspended activities related to the implementation and enforcement of the ETS pending further developments in the litigation.” That message is found on the OSHA website: You’ve also likely been following the news that several states…… Continue reading Status of OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard: COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted nursing home data for week ending October 31, 2021. This latest data set shows these changes from the October 24th data set: Resident vaccination rate remains unchanged from the previous weekStaff vaccination increased 0.7% from the previous weekResident confirmed cases increased 3,097 from the…… Continue reading Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN LTC COVID-19 Data 

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare ​“The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) have released a report showing long term care facilities are suffering from the worst labor crisis and job loss than any other health care sector. Nursing homes alone have seen their industry’s employment level drop by…… Continue reading AHCA/NCAL Report: LTC Industry Facing Worst Job Loss Among All Health Care Providers

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Wednesday, November 10, 2021, CMS hosted another National Stakeholder Call and provided an updated slide deck – slightly different from the 11/4/21 call/materials: Staff Vax National Stakeholder Slides (508 Compliant) – Updated Other materials can be located via this blog.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted an updated IFC-6 Infographic: Note that the 1st or One-Dose Vaccine requirement has been updated since the original slide deck was provided last Thursday (November 4, 2021). To compare, check out my blog from Monday of this week in which I point out…… Continue reading CMS Updates COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for HC Providers/Suppliers Infographic

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS is a 28 minute, 27 second YouTube video that will help you understand OSHA’s latest ETS. COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS Frequently Asked Questions is another resource for answers. Another repository of the OSHA ETS information is found here: The…… Continue reading Additional Resources for OSHA’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare OSHA has provided a Summary: COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS for information about the COVID-19 ETS. “Employers are required to comply with safety and health standards promulgated by OSHA or by a state with an OSHA-approved state plan…this summary is not itself a standard or regulation…… Continue reading Additional Resources for OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing ETS

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final Rule with Comment was published in the Federal Register on Friday, November 5, 2021.  The official published version is 73 pages in length. On page 61574 of the IFC, you’ll find this chart: I provided the hyperlinks…… Continue reading Omnibus COVID-19 HC Staff Vaccination: CMS-3415-IFC

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next CMS National Stakeholder Call to address the Omnibus Vaccine Rule will be held on Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 3:30 PM (ET). Register here. If you want to be included in the live call, please register ASAP as the November 4, 2021 call maxed…… Continue reading Next CMS National Stakeholder Call – Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS conducted a National Stakeholder Call the afternoon of Thursday, November 4, 2021 – just hours after the posting of an Interim Final Rule (with comments). I quickly blogged to provide the call notification and the information we were given at that time so providers could…… Continue reading COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination IFC-6 National Stakeholder Call