Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rulerequires that covered entities and its business associates conduct a risk assessment of their healthcare organization. A risk assessment helps your organization ensure it is compliant with HIPAA’s administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. A risk assessment also helps reveal areas where…… Continue reading Security Risk Assessment Tool Updated

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare September is Healthy Aging Month — and to celebrate, ODPHP (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) is launching the Social Determinants of Health and Older Adults resource.  Here’s a peak at what that landing page has to offer: I encourage you to bookmark and use…… Continue reading New Resource on Social Determinants of Health and Older Adults

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP  Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare With advances in effective HIV treatment, people with HIV are living longer, healthier lives. National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAD) was launched on September 18, 2008, by The AIDS Institute. This observance highlights the complex issues related to HIV prevention, care, and treatment for adults…… Continue reading National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the December 2023 refresh. The data contained within the Preview Reports…… Continue reading IRF Provider Preview Reports Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the December 2023 refresh. The data contained within the Preview Reports are…… Continue reading LTCH Provider Preview Reports Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Don’t miss the opportunity to join fellow healthcare colleagues in sharing important insights regarding infection control education. CDC’s Project Firstline is working with partners to conduct a new round of focus groups about how to educate and train healthcare workers on infection control best practices, including…… Continue reading Now Recruiting for Focus Groups on Infection Control Education

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Acumen LLC on behalf of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is hosting a public, virtual listening session. On behalf of CMS, we are seeking feedback from administration and management staff, software vendors, and clinical staff on the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Quality Reporting…… Continue reading Registration Open: LTCH QRP Listening Session

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Biden-Harris Administration is taking further action on its commitment to promote access to health care and human services for persons with disabilities. Today (September 7, 2023), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced a proposed…… Continue reading HHS Issues New Proposed Rule to Strengthen Prohibitions Against Discrimination on the Basis of a Disability in Health Care and Human Services Programs

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Anyone can get an infection, and almost any infection, including COVID-19, can lead to sepsis. Sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection and is a life-threatening medical emergency. If you or your loved one has an infection that’s not getting better or is getting…… Continue reading September is Sepsis Awareness Month: Learn How You Can Protect Yourself and Your Loved Ones from Sepsis

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP) Quality Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual Version 5.0, Change Table, Risk Adjustment Appendix File, Imputation Appendix File, and Hierarchical Condition Categories (HCC) to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) -10 Crosswalks are now available. These documents serve…… Continue reading IRF and LTCH QRP Quality Measure Calculations and Reporting User’s Manual V5.0 and Accompanying Documents Now Available