Emergency Preparedness: Caring for Persons with Dementia in LTC or Community-Based Care Setting

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Alzheimer’s Association posted a guidance document on Monday, March 30, 2020 to “help ensure the delivery of high-quality care for people living with dementia in long-term care and community-based settings during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Emergency Preparedness: Caring for persons living with dementia in a…… Continue reading Emergency Preparedness: Caring for Persons with Dementia in LTC or Community-Based Care Setting

Coronavirus Waiver Information – Federal and State

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has a designated website for COVID-19 waivers – both Federal and state-specific. 1135 blanket waiver information is found on this page as is 1135 state-specific information.  This webpage appears to be updated daily. Please bookmark it and check as needed to see if your…… Continue reading Coronavirus Waiver Information – Federal and State

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates and Resources from TMF

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare We’ve all been inundated with directives, guidances, etc. regarding COVID-19 pandemic.  I’d like to introduce you to this resource: TMF Health Quality Institute.  TMF has some great resources to help healthcare providers deal with COVID-19. Check these out: Each of the above has a drop-down…… Continue reading Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates and Resources from TMF

CMS Issues Additional Guidance for COVID-19 for Multiple Providers

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On March 30, 2020, CMS issued the following guidances: QSO-20-15…Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Requirements and Implications Related to COVID-19 (Revised) … Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), Hospitals, EMTALA QSO-20-15…Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of COVID-19 in Hospitals, Psychiatric Hospitals, and Critical Access…… Continue reading CMS Issues Additional Guidance for COVID-19 for Multiple Providers

Sweeping Regulatory Changes to Help U.S. Healthcare System Address COVID-19 Patient Surge

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “CMS today (March 30, 2020) is issuing an unprecedented array of temporary regulatory waivers and new rules to equip the American healthcare system with maximum flexibility to respond to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.  These temporary changes will apply immediately across the entire U.S.…… Continue reading Sweeping Regulatory Changes to Help U.S. Healthcare System Address COVID-19 Patient Surge

Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN), Form CMS-R-131 “Update”

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP        Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS-R-131 is issued by providers (including independent laboratories, home health agencies, and hospices), physicians, practitioners, and suppliers to Original Medicare (fee for service – FFS) beneficiaries in situations where Medicare payment is expected to be denied. The ABN is issued in order to transfer potential…… Continue reading Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN), Form CMS-R-131 “Update”

Hospital Discharges and Admissions to Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Communities

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On Sunday, March 29, 2020, AMDA (PALTC: Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine) and AHCA/NCAL issued a joint statement regarding the recent New York order: “No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis…… Continue reading Hospital Discharges and Admissions to Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Communities

Long-Term Care Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On March 27, CMS issued an electronic toolkit regarding telehealth and telemedicine for Long Term Care Nursing Home Facilities. Under President Trump’s leadership to respond to the need to limit the spread of community COVID-19, CMS has broadened access to Medicare telehealth services so that…… Continue reading Long-Term Care Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit

COVID-19 LTC Resources from APIC

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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare APIC (Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology) is providing complimentary access to APIC Text Chapter Collection: Long-Term Care through Sept. 30. “The most dire of COVID-19 symptoms disproportionately affect older adults and those with pre-existing conditions. Infection preventionists (IPs) working in long-term care…… Continue reading COVID-19 LTC Resources from APIC