Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Those words were the headlines of a CMS Press Release issued the afternoon of August 14, 2020. The subheading reads: CMS Enforcement Action Against Nursing Homes Triples compared to last year. Below is a significant excerpt from that Press Release (bolding added by me): Under the…… Continue reading More Than $15 Million in Fines to Nursing Homes During COVID-19 Pandemic
SNF Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) FAQs Updated
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has updated the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program: Frequently Asked Questions document. Here’s the Table of Contents for this 11-page document: Page 10 also includes the FAQ for: Will the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) impact SNF VBP Program policies?
iQIES Reports Training Guide Now Available Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare iQIES Users: There is a new resource available to help you better understand reports in iQIES. The iQIES Reports Training Guide provides detailed information on report actions, report pages, and a list of reports available in iQIES. Please refer to the iQIES Reports Training Guide here: …… Continue reading iQIES Reports Training Guide Now Available Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare
Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) November 2019 Technical Expert Panel (TEP) Report
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare As part of the development of hospice quality measures, Abt Associates, under contract with CMS, convened a Technical Expert Panel (TEP). This report provides a summary of their first in-person, November 2019 TEP Meeting. It includes background on the focus of this TEP and purpose of…… Continue reading Hospice Quality Reporting Program (HQRP) November 2019 Technical Expert Panel (TEP) Report
COVID-19 information/Resource Updates … Week of August 10, 2020
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare COVID-19 Nursing Home Data has been updated again. Currently on display is data for week ending August 2, 2020. Iowa Guidance on Phased Easing of Restrictions for Long-Term Care Facilities was most recently updated on August 10, 2020. Prior to that, the guidance carried an update…… Continue reading COVID-19 information/Resource Updates … Week of August 10, 2020
3 Key Steps to Take While Waiting for Your COVID-19 Test Result
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This is a great infographic to share with your staff as well as residents, families – your community at large. It gives clear, concise guidance on what to do/not do after a COVID-19 test and before the results are received. This is the back side:
Report: Special COVID-19 Nursing Home Call with Seema Verma – Thursday, August 13, 2020
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This special CMS call concluded a few minutes ago. It was an SOS call, if you will – you could sense the gravity and seriousness by the tone of the introduction and throughout the call. Seema Verma, CMS Administrator, began the call by say that CMS…… Continue reading Report: Special COVID-19 Nursing Home Call with Seema Verma – Thursday, August 13, 2020
TODAY!! Special COVID-19 Nursing Home Call with Seema Verma – Thursday, August 13, 2020
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The following was sent via email this morning. This call was also promoted during the CMS Nursing Home Call yesterday afternoon – no additional details were provided with the exception that it was special and would be hosted by Seema Verma. CMS Administrator Seema Verma is…… Continue reading TODAY!! Special COVID-19 Nursing Home Call with Seema Verma – Thursday, August 13, 2020
Cue the Theme Music from “Jaws” … Flu Season is Right Around the Corner
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “The real risk is that we’re going to have two circulating respiratory pathogens at the same time.” This is the statement made by Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to Time magazine last month. He went on to say…… Continue reading Cue the Theme Music from “Jaws” … Flu Season is Right Around the Corner
COVID-19 Updated and New Information – Early August 2020
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare FAQs: COVID-19 Testing at Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes was updated August 5, 2020. This is an 8-page document that answers questions about COVID testing, safety precautions during testing, provider order for testing, reporting, CLIA certificates, etc. CDC updated this return to work guidance again on Monday,…… Continue reading COVID-19 Updated and New Information – Early August 2020
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