CMS is Taking Action to Address Benefit Integrity Issues Related to Hospice Care

Posted in Hospice, INDUSTRY NEWS

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Effective oversight and enforcement are important to protect the integrity of the Medicare program, especially for vulnerable, seriously ill individuals and their families. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has an important role to play in ensuring that hospices are providing necessary and critical,…… Continue reading CMS is Taking Action to Address Benefit Integrity Issues Related to Hospice Care

Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home Data

Posted in COVID-19, Senior Living1 Comment

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the nursing home data for the week ending August 6, 2023. Comparing the August 6th data to the July 23rd data (2 weeks apart): Residents up to date with the vaccines decreased 0.1% Staff up to date with the vaccines remains the same…… Continue reading Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home Data

COVID-19 Vaccine Training: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know is Now Live

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CDC has created a new, web-on-demand, self-paced module for healthcare providers who will be administering COVID-19 vaccines. The Immunization Course update on COVID-19 Vaccine Training: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know is now live. This module provides healthcare providers with comprehensive information for all currently approved…… Continue reading COVID-19 Vaccine Training: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know is Now Live

Home Health Agency PEPPER Webinar Recording and Handout Now Available

Posted in Home Care, INDUSTRY NEWS

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The recording and transcription of the August 8, 2023, Home Health Agency (HHA) Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER) Webex session is now available, along with the handout, on the PEPPER website. The webinar recording is just a tad over 54 minutes in length.…… Continue reading Home Health Agency PEPPER Webinar Recording and Handout Now Available

Hospice Preview Reports for the November 2023 Refresh Now Available in QIES

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Providers can now access the latest Provider Preview Reports via the Certification and Survey Provider Enhanced Reports (CASPER) application. Once released in CASPER, providers will have 30 days during which to review their quality measure results.  Although the actual “preview period” is 30 days, the reports…… Continue reading Hospice Preview Reports for the November 2023 Refresh Now Available in QIES

Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice (AHRQ Resource)

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Here’s a resource that’s always relevant to all health care settings:Implementation Guide for AHRQ’s Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice – Training Modules. This 57-page guide is rich with information to help you and your team promote/improve informed consent. This guide is a companion to the…… Continue reading Making Informed Consent an Informed Choice (AHRQ Resource)

Updated: Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Tool for General Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Across Settings

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CDC has updated the Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Tool for General Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Across Settings to include Module 11 – Water Exposure.  It appears that this Module was added June 27, 2023. ICAR tools are used to systematically assess a healthcare…… Continue reading Updated: Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Tool for General Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Across Settings

CMS Posts Updated iQIES User Roles Matrix and New Resources

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the iQIES User Roles Matrix Job Aid … version 3.5 with the date of August 11, 2023 (the date of posting/notification is Wednesday, August 16, 2023). iQAN is referenced on the last two pages of this 22-page job aid. iQAN is a content…… Continue reading CMS Posts Updated iQIES User Roles Matrix and New Resources