Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted COVID-19 Nursing Home data for the week ending February 27, 2022. Comparing the February 27th data to the February 20th data shows these differences: Resident vaccination rate rose 0.1% from the previous weekResidents with booster doses (new the week of 2/6) increased by 1.2% this past weekStaff…… Continue reading Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data
CMS has Added New Provider State Codes
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare FYI: CMS posted Transmittal 205/R205SOMA on March 11, 2022. This is a 5-page Transmittal. Instructions and categories begin on page 3.
CMS Updates FAQ Document: Nursing Home Visitation
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted an updated Nursing Home Visitation FAQ document on March 10, 2022. There are several updates, all identified in red font. The updates relate to being up-to-date with all recommended vaccines, for the most part. These are the questions for which the answers were updated…… Continue reading CMS Updates FAQ Document: Nursing Home Visitation
What’s New at Briggs
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Have you noticed the What’s New? option on the Briggs home page? We’re very excited to announce that you can now see our new/latest offerings as you shop for other needed items! Here’s what you’ll see initially behind that option: You’ll find items beneath all 3…… Continue reading What’s New at Briggs
Biden Administration Launches Nationwide Test-to-Treat Initiative Ensuring Rapid ‘On the Spot’ Access to Lifesaving COVID Treatments
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare As part of President Biden’s National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan to help America move forward safely, the Biden-Harris Administration is launching a nationwide Test to Treat Initiative this week so Americans can rapidly access needed COVID-19 treatments. Through this program, people who test positive for COVID-19 will be able…… Continue reading Biden Administration Launches Nationwide Test-to-Treat Initiative Ensuring Rapid ‘On the Spot’ Access to Lifesaving COVID Treatments
Nursing Home Staffing Levels Fall 8% in Six Months
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare LTCCC (Long Term Care Community Coalition) posted this alert on March 3, 2022: “Federal requirements mandate that nursing homes have sufficient staff, with the appropriate competencies to meet the clinical, emotional, and psychosocial needs of every resident. Unfortunately, understaffing is a widespread and persistent problem that…… Continue reading Nursing Home Staffing Levels Fall 8% in Six Months
PBJ QTSO Registration and Training – Resources Document
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The PBJ QTSO Registration and Training document carries a date of February 24, 2022. When you access that hyperlink, you’ll find this: It looks like the document was posted yesterday – March 9, 2022 on the Staffing Data Submission Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) landing page,…… Continue reading PBJ QTSO Registration and Training – Resources Document
LTCH Provider Preview Reports Related to the March 2022 Care Compare Refresh Have Been Reissued and are Now Available
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) discovered an error in measure calculations for the Ventilator Liberation Rate measure in the provider preview reports previously issued on January 26, 2022, related to the March 2022 refresh of Care Compare, for the reporting period July 01,…… Continue reading LTCH Provider Preview Reports Related to the March 2022 Care Compare Refresh Have Been Reissued and are Now Available
Between a Rock and Hard Place: Recommendations for Balancing Patient Safety and Pandemic Response
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Arlington, Va., March 8, 2022 – As the world enters the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) is issuing an urgent call-to-action to shore up the nation’s infection prevention and control (IPC) infrastructure. Even before the…… Continue reading Between a Rock and Hard Place: Recommendations for Balancing Patient Safety and Pandemic Response
US Department of Labor Announces Enforcement, Effort for Focused Inspections in Hospitals, Nursing Care Facilities Treating COVID-19 Patients
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare WASHINGTON – For two years, millions of the nation’s healthcare workers have been battling the coronavirus. Many have endangered themselves as they care for those who contract COVID-19 while working in high-risk settings that expose themselves and their families. As the nation moves to the next phase…… Continue reading US Department of Labor Announces Enforcement, Effort for Focused Inspections in Hospitals, Nursing Care Facilities Treating COVID-19 Patients
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