Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare Hospitalized patients with advanced COVID-19 and lung involvement who received Remdesivir recovered faster than similar patients who received placebo, according to a preliminary data analysis from a randomized, controlled trial involving 1063 patients, which began on February 21. The trial (known as the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment…… Continue reading NIH Clinical Trial Shows Remdesivir Accelerates Recovery from Advanced COVID-19
Updated Active Screening of Residents – AMDA/PALTC
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Back on March 18, 2020 (it seems like a year ago doesn’t it!), I blogged about the great resources available on the AMDA website. One of those resources was updated a couple of days ago – Active Screening of Residents. More common and less common…… Continue reading Updated Active Screening of Residents – AMDA/PALTC
Five-Star Technical Users’ Guide Updated
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted an updated Five-Star Technical Users’ Guide this morning, April 29, 2020. The following statement appears on the page prior to the Introduction page: April 2020 Revisions: Temporary Changes due to COVID-I9 On March 23, CMS announced a new, targeted inspection plan designed to…… Continue reading Five-Star Technical Users’ Guide Updated
CMS COVID-19 Stakeholder Engagement Calls – Week of 4/27/20
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and offer attendees an opportunity to ask questions…… Continue reading CMS COVID-19 Stakeholder Engagement Calls – Week of 4/27/20
CMS Updates for Nursing Homes – Friday, April 24, 2020
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted QSO-20-28-NH late in the day on Friday. Here’s the Memorandum Summary for this 15-page notification: A couple of the subjects in this notification speak to surveys, quality measures and staffing domains (MDS and PBJ). I’ve highlighted key verbiage in both: “Due to the…… Continue reading CMS Updates for Nursing Homes – Friday, April 24, 2020
Updated COVID-19 Information
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Today, Friday, April 24, 2020 is the end of a long business work week but not for healthcare as that continues every single day. This blog is another digest of the continuous flow of information related to COVID-19 in the past couple of days. Thank…… Continue reading Updated COVID-19 Information
COVID-19 Preventing Your Medicare Home Health Agency from Reporting Skilled Visits on the Claim – Maybe Your Agency Qualifies for Condition Code 54
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare With a greater number of senior citizens aging in place it seems counter intuitive that the frequency of Medicare home-based visits is down. But agencies are reporting a sharp drop in visits due to factors like the moratorium of elective surgeries, family members being home to…… Continue reading COVID-19 Preventing Your Medicare Home Health Agency from Reporting Skilled Visits on the Claim – Maybe Your Agency Qualifies for Condition Code 54
State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit (CMS)
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “Today (April 23, 2020), the Trump Administration released a new (25-page) toolkit for states to help accelerate adoption of broader telehealth coverage policies in the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs (CHIP) during the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This release builds on the agency’s…… Continue reading State Medicaid & CHIP Telehealth Toolkit (CMS)
Recent COVID-19 Healthcare Updates and Resources
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This blog is a digest of recent COVID-19 updates for healthcare entities and staff. It also includes a must-read commentary you won’t want to miss and a resource for stress relief for staff. Preparing for COVID-19: Long-term Care Facilities, Nursing Homes…CDC was updated on…… Continue reading Recent COVID-19 Healthcare Updates and Resources
Communication Strategies for Keeping Families Up to Date
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Nursing Homes/Long-Term Care Facilities/Senior Living Communities are committed to the well-being of each and every resident or tenant. THAT IS A FACT. Our care communities are families within families. This is not something new – we have always taken great pride in the care…… Continue reading Communication Strategies for Keeping Families Up to Date
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