Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine has a COVID-19 website with great information for all clinicians I mentioned some of these resources (sample letters for example) last week in this blog. Here’s what you’ll see on this website: The above 6 blue boxes…… Continue reading COVID-19 Resources from AMDA
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Focused Infection Control Surveys in Nursing Facilities
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Texas Health and Human Services as posted an 18-page document on specifics of a focused survey in LTC facilities. At this point, we have not seen any specifics from CMS proper except for the March 4th posting of QSO-20-12-All. The state of Texas is well-known…… Continue reading Focused Infection Control Surveys in Nursing Facilities
Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes REVISED Again
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare In response to President Trump’s declaration of a national state of emergency Friday afternoon, March 13, 2020, CMS has again revised and updated QSO-20-14-NH…Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes. Included in this guidance is that ALL facilities…… Continue reading Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes REVISED Again
Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning COVID-19 in Home Health Agencies
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On March 10, 2020, CMS issued QSO-20-18-HHA…Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning COVID-19 in Home Health Agencies This 7-page memorandum addresses (and contains links to additional information): Which patients are at risk for severe disease for COVID-19? How should HHAs screen patients for COVID-19?…… Continue reading Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning COVID-19 in Home Health Agencies
Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning COVID-19 – Hospice Agencies
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On March 9, 2020, CMS posted QSO-20-16-Hospice to provide guidance to hospice agencies to appropriately respond to COVID-19 concerns. The 7-page document provides information on these specific questions: Which patients are at risk for severe disease from COVID-19? How should providers screen visitors and patients…… Continue reading Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning COVID-19 – Hospice Agencies
Revised Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On March 9, 2020, CMS posted a revised QSO-20-14-NH which now includes revised guidance for visitation. This 7-page notification has significant guidance (in red font) for visitation. Half of pages 2 and 4 are new with page 3 containing expanded recommendations for limiting visitors in…… Continue reading Revised Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes
CMS Issues Three (3) QSO Notifications Today Re: COVID-19
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Today, CMS issued three (3) QSO notices regarding activities surrounding the COVID-19 status in the U.S. Seema Verma (CMS) announced the posting of these notifications just minutes ago this afternoon during the COVID-19 Task Force’s afternoon briefing [FYI: these briefings have been televised nationally the…… Continue reading CMS Issues Three (3) QSO Notifications Today Re: COVID-19
Department of Justice Launches a National Nursing Home Initiative
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On March 3, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced “the launch of the Department of Justice’s National Nursing Home Initiative, which will coordinate and enhance civil and criminal efforts to pursue nursing homes that provide grossly substandard care to their residents.” The Press Release…… Continue reading Department of Justice Launches a National Nursing Home Initiative
Some Assisted-Living Residents Don’t Get Promised Care
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On February 14, 2020, the New York Times published a very interesting article with the same title as this blog that spoke to court decisions in California that addressed how large assisted-living chains make staffing decisions. That was the headline that began with telling the…… Continue reading Some Assisted-Living Residents Don’t Get Promised Care
Passed! Bipartisan Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare The United States Senate has unanimously passed the bipartisan Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019, which would authorize $10 million annually for the Lifespan Respite Care program from fiscal year 2020 through fiscal year 2024. There are 45 million family caregivers in the United States that…… Continue reading Passed! Bipartisan Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019
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