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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you/your staff was unable to watch the live webinar hosted by NAHCA and AMDA (see my blog on that presentation), I have great news for you.  The recording is now available. The recorded webinar is 1 hour 16 minutes in length and well worth your…… Continue reading Recording of NAHCA/AMDA CNA COVID-19 Vaccine Education Now Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare QSO-21-07-Psych Hospital, PRTF & ICF/IID was issued December 17, 2020.  [COVID-19 Infection Control for Psychiatric and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID)] The first 3 pages of this 15-page document is the QSO memorandum followed 12 pages of FAQs relating to these topics:…… Continue reading CMS COVID-19 Infection Control for Psychiatric and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted updated nursing home COVID-19 data for week ending December 6, 2020.

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare HHS announced just a few minutes ago that more than $24.5 billion will be distributed to over 70,000 providers. “Up from the $20 billion originally planned, the addition of another $4.5 billion in funding is being used to satisfy close to 90 percent of each applicant’s…… Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: HHS Begins Distributing Over $24 Billion in Phase 3 COVID-19 Provider Relief Funding

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Cost of Inaction: 19 Deaths an Hour and Rising is the title of the report released late last week by Senators Bob Casey (PA) and Ron Wyden (OR).  Here’s the Executive Summary from this must-read 8-page report: The charts as well as information within the…… Continue reading The Cost of Inaction: 19 Deaths an Hour and Rising

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Have you/your LTC facility signed up to participate yet?  The AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network – a partnership between AHRQ, the University of New Mexico’s ECHO Institute and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – provides free training and mentorship to nursing homes…… Continue reading COVID-19 Updated Information as of Mid-December 2020

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the current county positivity rates, with the date of December 14, 2020. Past county positivity postings are found in the Archives.  As always, remember that nursing homes are required to conduct testing of residents and staff.  based on the COVID-19 positivity rate for…… Continue reading CMS Posts Current County Positivity Rates – December 14, 2020

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The following was disseminated via MLN Connects Special Edition on late Monday afternoon, December 14, 2020: On December 11, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID‑19 Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 for individuals 16 years of…… Continue reading COVID-19 Vaccine Codes: Updated Effective Date for Pfizer-BioNTech