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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Data reported by nursing homes to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) system COVID-19 Long Term Care Facility Module, including Resident Impact, Facility Capacity, Staff & Personnel, and Supplies & Personal Protective Equipment, and Ventilator Capacity and Supplies Data Elements for week ending August 23,…… Continue reading COVID-19 Submitted Data as of Week Ending: 08/23/2020

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Please join Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma and Administration officials for a National Nursing Home COVID-19 Call on Tuesday, September 8th from 6:30 – 7:30 PM Eastern. Speakers: Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)Robert R. Redfield, MD, Director,…… Continue reading National Nursing Home COVID-19 Call on Tuesday, September 8th

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On August 31, 2020, HHS (Department of Health and Human Services) announced Guidance for PREP Act Coverage for COVID-19 Screening Tests at Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities, Long-Term-Care Facilities, and other Congregate Facilities.  This extends coverage under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act)…… Continue reading Guidance for PREP Act Coverage for COVID-19 Screening Tests – NH/AL/LTC

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On September 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that “assisted living facilities (ALFs) may now apply for funding under the Provider Relief Fund Phase 2 General Distribution allocation. This announcement bolsters the Trump administration’s commitment to support health care providers in…… Continue reading Provider Relief Fund Application for Assisted Living Facilities – Tests Coming Also

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Overlooked and Undercounted: The Growing Impact of COVID-19 on Assisted Living Facilities is an analysis that “examines the impact of COVID-19 on assisted living facilities as well as changes over time, using state-level data on COVID-19 cases and deaths reported in early June 2020, and again…… Continue reading Overlooked and Undercounted: The Growing Impact of COVID-19 on Assisted Living Facilities

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This guidance was last updated on August 29, 2020. It should be used to guide the interpretation of antigen testing results in the following circumstances: Testing of symptomatic residents and healthcare personnel (HCP)Testing of asymptomatic residents and HCP in facilities as part of an COVID-19 outbreak…… Continue reading Interim Guidance for Rapid Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2 Updated

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS-CDC Fundamentals of COVID-19 Prevention for Nursing Home Management is a website you’ll want to bookmark and check often.  On this website you’ll find upcoming webinar topics, recordings posted after the webinar, presentation slides and additional resources.  I have found these webinars to be very informative. …… Continue reading CMS-CDC Fundamentals of COVID-19 Prevention for Nursing Home Management

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Pathway Health is sponsoring this upcoming webinar that may be “right up your alley”. COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: Calming the Perfect Storm September 18, 2020 … 12:30 pm -1:30 pm EDT Register here for this complimentary webinar.  (I’ve got my seat!) The pandemic of viral infection…… Continue reading COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: Calming the Perfect Storm (Upcoming Webinar)