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Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The 4-page SNF COVID-19 PHE Tip Sheet is now available. This tip sheet is designed to assist Skilled Nursing Facility providers in understanding the status of the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE).  Also provided is practical guidance to address…… Continue reading SNF QRP COVID-19 PHE Tip Sheet is Available

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare  CMS updated Toolkit on State Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 Prevalence in Nursing Homes … Version 6on July 23, 2020.  If you’re keeping track, this latest version has 154 pages.  COVID-19 Nursing Home Submitted Data as of Week Ending: 07/12/2020 is now available.  “The Nursing Home COVID-19…… Continue reading NH COVID-19 Toolkit – Version 6 and Submitted COVID Data for Week Ending July 12, 2020

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted a 6-page FAQ document that answers 21 questions regarding provision of COVID-19 testing platforms and tests to nursing homes.  Also posted was information about CMS methodology for prioritizing facilities and a listing of the facilities.  The methodology and listing is in the form…… Continue reading BREAKING NEWS: COVID-19 Testing at Skilled Nursing Facilities/Nursing Homes and PRF Reporting Information Released

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you missed this National CMS/CDC Nursing Home COVID-19 Training session on July 23, 2020, you can access the presentation slides and associated resources here.  The recording of the session will be posted to this same site within a couple of days. CDC staff discussed the…… Continue reading Is Your Nursing Home Ready to Handle the Demands of the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare As expected, (and prayed/hoped for) Alex M. Azar, Secretary of Health and Human Services renewed the PHE declaration on July 23, 2020 – 2 days before it would have expired.  Public Health Emergency declarations are effective for 90-day periods and must be renewed or they expire. …… Continue reading Renewal of Determination That A Public Health Emergency Exists

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The CDC released updated findings and recommendations regarding the Duration of Isolation and Precautions for Adults with COVID-19 on July 22, 2020.  “Accumulating evidence supports ending isolation and precautions for persons with COVID-19 using a symptom-based strategy. This update incorporates recent evidence to inform the duration…… Continue reading Duration of Isolation and Precautions for Adults with COVID-19 Updated

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you listened to the Wednesday, July 22, 2020 CMS COVID-19 Nursing Home Call, you heard Evan Shulman, Director, Division of Nursing Homes for CMS moderating this afternoon’s 30-minute session.  It was announcement that nursing homes with a CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment) certificate would begin…… Continue reading COVID-19 POC Tests and Machines Coming to Nursing Homes Starting This Week