Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted QSO-21-21-ICFIID on August 23, 2021. This QSO carries the same title as this blog. Background On Dec. 1, 2020, the Advisory Committee in Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that health care personnel (HCP) and LTC facility residents be offered COVID-19 vaccination first (Phase 1a). On…… Continue reading Interim Final Rule: COVID-19 Vaccine Immunization Requirements for Clients and Staff in Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID)
National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call: August 25, 2021
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Wednesday, August 25, 2021 4:00pm-4:30pmET- Join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call. *** Register in advance for this Zoom Call: *** https://cms.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_WreK5eubQsqGlWbvr7wbpQ During this call, we will provide a recap…… Continue reading National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call: August 25, 2021
FY 2022 SNF Value-Based User Guide Updated
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted an updated FY 2022 SNF VBP Program PSR User Guide on August 17, 2022. You can also find additional materials on the Confidential Feedback Reporting & Review and Corrections website: The updated User Guide is 13 pages in length. Here’s a look at the…… Continue reading FY 2022 SNF Value-Based User Guide Updated
SNF QRP Risk Adjustment Appendix File and ICD-10 HCC Crosswalks Available
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare An update to the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP) Risk Adjustment Appendix File is now available. This document has been updated to reflect the risk adjustment coefficients for quality measure calculation to be used in conjunction with the SNF QRP Measure Calculations and…… Continue reading SNF QRP Risk Adjustment Appendix File and ICD-10 HCC Crosswalks Available
NHSN Vaccination Reporting Changes Webinar – Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Topic: Changes to the Weekly NHSN COVID-19 Vaccination Data Collection Forms for Long-term Care Facilities Date: Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021Time: 2:30 – 3:30 PM EST In anticipation of recommendations for additional vaccine series, new questions on vaccine doses will be added to the current data collection forms in August…… Continue reading NHSN Vaccination Reporting Changes Webinar – Wednesday, August 25, 2021
AHCA/NCAL Urge Administration to Consider Implications of Vaccination Policy
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On Friday, August 20, 2021, AHCA/NCAL sent this letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services – Xavier Becerra and the Administrator of CMS – Chiquita Brooks-LaSure. The letter, signed by Mark Parkinson (President and CEO of the organization) speaks to the mandating of COVID-19…… Continue reading AHCA/NCAL Urge Administration to Consider Implications of Vaccination Policy
BREAKING NEWS: FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Just announced FDA Press Release (August 23, 2021): Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals…… Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine
Protecting Patients Through Healthcare Resiliency
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Centers for Disease Control and Prevention introduces a blog authored by Denise Cardo, MD, Director, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, that addresses the need for more action to reduce infectious disease threats around the world. This blog highlights lessons learned over the last decade and…… Continue reading Protecting Patients Through Healthcare Resiliency
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Claims Processing Updates
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This MLN Matters Article is for SNFs submitting Type of Bill (TOB) 21X and hospitals submitting TOB 18X to Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). This Article tells you about updates to SNF edits to bypass services related to an emergency room encounter when there is a revenue…… Continue reading Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Claims Processing Updates
Medicare Fraud & Abuse: Prevent, Detect, Report … Revised Web-Based Training
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare See updated information in this Medicare Learning Network (MLN) web-based training course: How to identify and reportProvisions and penaltiesPrevention methods
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