Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This case study published in JAMDA[1] “examines the policies and processes of a 180-bed skilled nursing home in an urban area owned and operated by a not-for-profit, non-chain affiliated organization. The nursing home employs 246 staff who were included in the analysis of vaccination rates.…… Continue reading Implementation of COVID-19 Vaccination Condition of Employment in a Community NH

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS News Alert … August 13, 2021.  In response to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent action that authorizes an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised individuals, CMS is assuring people with Medicare who qualify for an additional dose that they can receive it…… Continue reading People With Medicare Who Are Immunocompromised Would be Able to Receive an Additional COVID-19 Dose at No Cost

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare     OSHA Trade Release … August 13, 2021.  The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued updated guidance to help employers protect workers from the coronavirus. The updated guidance reflects developments in science and data, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated COVID-19…… Continue reading U.S. Department of Labor Issues Updated Guidance on Protecting Unvaccinated and Other At-Risk Workers from the Coronavirus

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Help protect your patients from COVID-19. Medicare covers the COVID-19 vaccine administration. There’s no cost to your Medicare patient for the vaccine and its administration. Find out if your Medicare patient is fully vaccinated: Check Medicare eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine administration history from Fee-for-Service claims paid…… Continue reading COVID-19: Vaccinate Your Patients

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has just posted the nursing home COVID-19 data for the week ending August 1, 2021.  The COVID-19 Nursing Home Resident and Staff Vaccination Rates for the week ending August 1, 2021are also available. Data from the NHSN Nursing Home Covid-19 Data Dashboard provides the following…… Continue reading CMS, CDC & NHSN Updated COVID-19 Data

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Yesterday, I posted a blog with a similar title however the CMS data that I found at that time was July 14 – July 27th.  Puzzled as to why this time period, I checked again much later in the day.  I found the most recent data…… Continue reading CMS Posts Updated COVID-19 County Positivity Data: July 21 – August 3, 2021

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted county positivity rates for the 14-day test period of July 14 through July 27, 2021. As a reminder, nursing homes are required to conduct testing of residents and staff. More information about these requirements and guidelines can be found here. These guidelines include testing…… Continue reading Updated CMS COVID-19 County Positivity Rates

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare ASPR, in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, has developed the COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Therapeutics Calculator for Infusion Sites (mAbs Calculator). The mAbs Calculator is a free, data-informed decision support tool that is based on a comprehensive simulation framework. The mAbs Calculator can…… Continue reading New mAbs Calculator Tool

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted nursing home data for the week ending July 25, 2021. Recent Facility Resident and Staff Vaccination rates for week ending July 25, 2021 is also available.   CDC’s COVID-19 data as of August 5, 2021 shows: NHSN COVID-19 nursing home data as of August…… Continue reading CMS, CDC & NSHN Recent COVID-19 Data Posted

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel (the Panel) has published a new version of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines. As part of this update, the Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies section has been revised to incorporate information that was previously included in the Panel’s anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibody statements. The changes…… Continue reading Updated COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines