Agenda: Skilled Nursing Facilities Long-Term Care Open Door Forum – Tuesday, April 2, 2024

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The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum scheduled for:   Date:  Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Start Time:  2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET); Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time. Conference Leaders: Todd Smith & Jill Darling **This Agenda is Subject to Change** Opening…… Continue reading Agenda: Skilled Nursing Facilities Long-Term Care Open Door Forum – Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Fiscal Year 2025 Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Prospective Payment System Proposed Rule (CMS-1804-P)

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On March 27, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to update Medicare payment policies and rates under the Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF) Prospective Payment System (PPS) and the IRF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) for fiscal year (FY) 2025. CMS is publishing this proposed rule in accordance with the legal requirements to update Medicare payment policies for IRFs on an annual basis… CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING

U.S. Flu Vaccines Updated for 2024-2025 Season 

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All 2024-2025 flu vaccines in the United States will be trivalent (three-component) vaccines. Trivalent U.S. flu vaccines will include vaccine viruses or viral proteins from one influenza A(H1N1) virus, one influenza A(H3N2) virus, and one influenza B/Victoria lineage virus. They will not include an influenza B/Yamagata lineage vaccine virus or viral protein component.     LEARN MORE

Message from HHS about an ongoing active cybersecurity threat to your IT resources

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In response to active exploitation of a cybersecurity vulnerability, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released an update to the joint advisory #StopRansomware: ALPHV Blackcat to provide new indicators of compromise (IOCs) and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) associated with the…… Continue reading Message from HHS about an ongoing active cybersecurity threat to your IT resources

REGISTRATION OPEN! SNF QRP: Achieving a Full APU Webinar – Update

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is offering a webinar to provide updated instructions to help providers understand how to achieve a full Annual Payment Update (APU) in the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP). For more information and to register for the webinar, please visit the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP)…… Continue reading REGISTRATION OPEN! SNF QRP: Achieving a Full APU Webinar – Update

RAI 3.0 User’s Manual : Appendix B Update

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The January update of Appendix B to the RAI 3.0 User’s Manual contains changes to the list of State RAI Coordinators, MDS Automation Coordinators, and CMS locations and contacts. To ensure accurate formatting, use a current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF. Web-based or mobile browser plug-ins may affect how the file is displayed.  CLICK…… Continue reading RAI 3.0 User’s Manual : Appendix B Update

People with Chronic Medical Conditions Continue to Account for The Majority of Flu Hospitalizations This Season

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January 26, 2024 – Today CDC posted new data that show the proportion of people hospitalized with flu this season in one CDC surveillance system who also have at least one chronic medical condition. Overall, among people hospitalized with flu, about 90% had a least one chronic medical condition. This is consistent with historical data. Annual flu vaccination…… Continue reading People with Chronic Medical Conditions Continue to Account for The Majority of Flu Hospitalizations This Season