Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Last Friday, May 1, 2020, I posted a brief blog on the second Interim Final Rule issued by CMS. CMS-5531-IFC at this location is the unpublished PDF version. The official IFC is scheduled for publication on May 8, 2020 in the Federal Register with 292…… Continue reading Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Delay of Certain Reporting Requirements for the SNF QRP
Assisted Living: Have You Seen This Letter from Congress? Response Needed Before May 8, 2020
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Last week, 3 members of Congress – Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and Senate Aging Committees; Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform…… Continue reading Assisted Living: Have You Seen This Letter from Congress? Response Needed Before May 8, 2020
Independent Commission to Address Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On April 30, 2020, “CMS announced a new independent Commission that will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the nursing home response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Commission will provide independent recommendations to the contractor to review and report to CMS to help…… Continue reading Independent Commission to Address Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes
Upcoming NHSN Webinars on the LTCF COVID-19 Module for Reporting
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you’ve been following this week’s COVID-19 reporting module and the Interim Final Rule blogs, you’ve heard about the National Healthcare Safety Network and the requirement to report COVID-19 infections for residents and staff, etc. You may have even tried to log in to yesterday…… Continue reading Upcoming NHSN Webinars on the LTCF COVID-19 Module for Reporting
CMS Issues Interim Final Rule
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late in the afternoon of April 30, 2020, CMS issued the Interim Final Rule. This is a must-read so sit down and get started! “The policies in this IFC are applicable beginning on March 1, 2020, or January 27, 2020, except as further described in…… Continue reading CMS Issues Interim Final Rule
CMS Delays the Implementation of OASIS-E
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare 4/30/2020 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a delay for the Implementation of OASIS-E. In a Medicare and Medicaid interim final rule with comment period (IFC) [CMS-5531-IFC]. CMS communicated the following two paragraphs: “we want to provide maximum flexibilities for these providers to…… Continue reading CMS Delays the Implementation of OASIS-E
CMS COVID-19 Office Hours
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare Today’s April 30th COVID-19 Office Hours Call at 5 PM Eastern is canceled due to COVID-19-related activity at the agency. We look forward to sharing new information shortly and will resume Office Hours next week on Tuesday, May 5th at 5 PM Eastern. We apologize for…… Continue reading CMS COVID-19 Office Hours
COVID-19 USA Heat Map – ASCP and AMDA
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare If you’re a visual learner like me, you’ll appreciate this COVID-19 USA Heat Map. (I’ve added the bolding to verbiage in the next paragraph.) “The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine represent pharmacists, medical directors and health care providers and professionals in the skilled…… Continue reading COVID-19 USA Heat Map – ASCP and AMDA
Where to Turn for Help
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Where to Turn for Help is the title of the AHCA/NCAL guidance issued April 16, 2020. (Sorry I missed this earlier!) “It is clear that COVID-19 is especially threatening to residents in long term care settings. Most providers do not have access to the adequate…… Continue reading Where to Turn for Help
COVID-19 Module: System to Track Infections and Prevention Process Measures
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CDC’s NHSN (National Healthcare Safety Network) provides healthcare facilities, such as long-term care facilities (LTCF) with a customized system to track infections and prevention process measures in a systematic way. Tracking this information allows facilities to identify problems, improve care, and determine progress toward facility…… Continue reading COVID-19 Module: System to Track Infections and Prevention Process Measures
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