Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late in the day on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, the DOJ announced that it “requested COVID-19 data from the governors of states that issued orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan…… Continue reading Latest Department of Justice (DOJ) Action You May Find Interesting
Upcoming Office Hours for LTCFs: NHSN COVID-19 Module Updates (Webinars)
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Dear NHSN LTCF Users, Mark your calendars and prepare to join us for two webinars to learn about recent NHSN COVID 19 Module Updates and answers to frequently asked questions. The first webinar will be held on Tuesday, September 1 at 1:00 PM ET and the…… Continue reading Upcoming Office Hours for LTCFs: NHSN COVID-19 Module Updates (Webinars)
CMS Announces New Reporting and Testing Requirements for Nursing Homes
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has been busy once again – now with a 3rd Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (CMS-3401-IFC). AHCA/NCAL has posted a High-Level Summary that provides an easier-to-digest (3-pages) view of this IFC. Thank you AHCA/NCAL! You and your team should still review the entire IFC…… Continue reading CMS Announces New Reporting and Testing Requirements for Nursing Homes
QSO-20-37-CLIA, NH Issued – Interim Final Rule Guidance
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Earlier today, I blogged about the Interim Final Rule with Comment Period that was posted online late yesterday. Now there’s more information and it’s a lot to digest. QSO-20-38-NH and QSO-20-37-CLIA, NH were posted shortly before the CMS COVID-19 Nursing Homes Call at 4:30pm Eastern Time. …… Continue reading QSO-20-37-CLIA, NH Issued – Interim Final Rule Guidance
Interim Final Rule with Comment Period Coming: Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare A Press Release issued late afternoon on August 25, 2020 promises to bring “sweeping regulatory changes.” The broad categories of this initiative are: New testing requirements for nursing homesHospitals must report dataNew reporting requirements for labsPhysician and pharmacist orders for tests I’ve excerpted the “high” points…… Continue reading Interim Final Rule with Comment Period Coming: Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
National Training Program to Strengthen Nursing Home Infection Control Practices
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Just announced today (August 25, 2020), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing an unprecedented national nursing home training program for frontline nursing home staff and nursing home management. The training is designed to equip both frontline caregivers and their management with the…… Continue reading National Training Program to Strengthen Nursing Home Infection Control Practices
National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Conversation Series
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare In partnership with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Project ECHO is mobilizing our national network of ECHO partners to rapidly deploy COVID-19 ECHO programs to train mentor, and support nursing home staff on infection prevention and control. With support from the Agency for…… Continue reading National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network Conversation Series
Nursing Home Strategies for COVID-19 Only Isolation of COVID-19 Residents
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Monday, August 24, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Medicaid Informational Bulletin (CIB) that provides guidance to states on flexibilities that are available to increase reimbursement for nursing facilities that implement specific infection control practices, such as designating a quarantine or…… Continue reading Nursing Home Strategies for COVID-19 Only Isolation of COVID-19 Residents
Have You Accessed Your PEPPER Report?
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The PEPPER Team has updated the maps that display the PEPPER retrieval rates for PEPPERs accessed via the PEPPER Resources Portal for each state/territory. Percentages reflect the PEPPER release that was completed July 29, 2020, for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), critical access hospitals (CAHs), hospices, and long-term…… Continue reading Have You Accessed Your PEPPER Report?
What Happened in Room 10?
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare What Happened in Room 10? is a piece written by Katie Engelhart and published August 23, 2020 in the California Sunday Magazine. Being from the Midwest, I had never heard of this magazine until I spotted the thread in Twitter that afternoon. It’s a stunner, to…… Continue reading What Happened in Room 10?
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