Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late in the day Monday, April 13, 2020, CMS posted QSO-20-25-NH. This 5-page memorandum includes 3 transfer scenarios:     Please review the entire memorandum with your team.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late in the day on Friday, April 10, 2020, CMS posted the public inspection copy of the FY2021 SNF PPS Proposed Rule – CMS-1737-P.  This 93-page document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on April 15, 2020 online at federalregister.gov/d/2020-07875 on that…… Continue reading CMS Posts FY2021 SNF PPS Proposed Rule

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS held a brief call for Nursing Homes yesterday afternoon.  I attended the 30-minute call which was quite different from other such COVID-19 calls.  Here are my take-aways from that call: The call was chaired by the Interim Director of the Clinical Division of NHs…… Continue reading CMS Call Recap: Lessons from COVID-19 in Nursing Homes

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Please join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a call on COVID-19 with Nursing Homes tomorrow, Wednesday, April 8th at 4:30 PM EST. CMS leadership will provide updates on the agency’s latest guidance and we will be joined by leaders in the…… Continue reading CMS Nursing Home Call: COVID-19 on April 8, 2020

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Briggs’ family member ezPBJ has reached out to CMS since the March 28, 2020 release of Long Term Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities and/or Nursing Facilities): CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19. That waiver reads: “Staffing Data Submission: CMS is waiving 42 CFR 483.70(q) to provide…… Continue reading LTC ALERT: PBJ Reporting Waiver Issued by CMS

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare AHCA (American Health Care Association) and NCAL (National Center for Assisted Living) had updated guidance on accepting admissions from hospitals during this COVID-19 pandemic.  The guidance was revised/updated on March 30, 2020. “The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to long term care…… Continue reading AHCA/NCAL Guidance: Accepting Admissions from Hospitals During COVID-19 Pandemic – Revised

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are issuing new recommendations to State and local governments and long-term care facilities (also known as nursing homes) to help mitigate the spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus…… Continue reading Updated CMS and CDC COVID-19 Guidance for LTC

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has updated Appendix B of the RAI Manual.  The effective date of the revision is March 26, 2020. If you’re not familiar with Appendix B, this Appendix B contains the list of State RAI Coordinators, MDS Automation Coordinators, RAI Panel members and Regional Office…… Continue reading RAI Manual – Updated Appendix B List Posted

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted a Fact Sheet dated March 28, 2020 that outline recent emergency declaration and emergency rule making. These temporary changes will apply immediately across the entire U.S. healthcare system for the duration of the emergency declaration. This 5-page document provides a few details…… Continue reading LTC/SNF: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On Friday, March 27th, I shared a blog from Briggs’ Lisa Selman-Holman regarding the new ICD-10 code for COVID-19 and vaping that is to be used beginning April 1st. Lisa is sharing an updated blog on that same topic with more specifics to LTC. Thanks…… Continue reading New ICD-10 Code for COVID-19 Effective April 1