Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “Pressure injury prevention and treatment through evidence-based practice is the foundation of NPIAP (National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel – formerly NPUAP). We applaud the heroes in the health care provider workforce. We are deeply concerned about the facial injuries we are seeing in fellow clinicians as…… Continue reading NPIAP Position Statements on Preventing Injury with N95
CMS COVID-19 Call with Nurses – April 16, 2020
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Please join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a call on COVID-19 with Nurses, Thursday, April 16th at 3:00 PM Eastern. CMS leadership will provide updates on the agency’s latest guidance and we will be joined by leaders in the field interested…… Continue reading CMS COVID-19 Call with Nurses – April 16, 2020
Pandemic Response Oversight Plan – OIG and Department of Labor
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Today, April 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Office of Inspector General (OIG) published an 11-page Pandemic Response Oversight Plan. “Specifically, the OIG received $25 million to oversee the unprecedented expansion of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) programs provisioned by the Act and…… Continue reading Pandemic Response Oversight Plan – OIG and Department of Labor
NPPS and Home Health Services Under the PHE
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare Current as of April 10, 2020 On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule with comment (IFC) that provides relief from regulations governing health care provider operations in response to the COVID -19 pandemic. The National Association for Home…… Continue reading NPPS and Home Health Services Under the PHE
FAQs Telehealth During the PHE
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare Current as of April 10, 2020 On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule with comment (IFC) that provides relief from regulations governing health care provider operations in response to the COVID -19 pandemic. The National Association for Home…… Continue reading FAQs Telehealth During the PHE
Modified Conditions of Participation (CoPs) Under the PHE
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare Current as of April 10, 2020 On March 30, 2020, the Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule with comment (IFC) that provides relief from regulations governing health care provider operations in response to the COVID -19 pandemic. The National Association for Home…… Continue reading Modified Conditions of Participation (CoPs) Under the PHE
CMS: COVID-19 Long-Term Care Facility Transfer Scenarios
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late in the day Monday, April 13, 2020, CMS posted QSO-20-25-NH. This 5-page memorandum includes 3 transfer scenarios: Please review the entire memorandum with your team.
CMS Posts FY2021 SNF PPS Proposed Rule
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late in the day on Friday, April 10, 2020, CMS posted the public inspection copy of the FY2021 SNF PPS Proposed Rule – CMS-1737-P. This 93-page document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on April 15, 2020 online at federalregister.gov/d/2020-07875 on that…… Continue reading CMS Posts FY2021 SNF PPS Proposed Rule
COVID-19: Strategy and Perspectives from the Front Lines (Free Webinar)
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare SimpleLTC – a Briggs family member is presenting this webinar on Thursday, April 16th at 1pm (CT)/2pm (ET). Register here to reserve your seat. As COVID-19 began to spread, the focus was on hospitals in the scramble to ensure adequate staffing, beds, equipment, and resources…… Continue reading COVID-19: Strategy and Perspectives from the Front Lines (Free Webinar)
New waiver authorities for hospice and home health providers
Sharon Hamilton MS, RN, CFDS Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted new waiver authorities for hospice and home health providers the following link: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/summary-covid-19-emergency-declaration-waivers.pdf. These waivers are effective retroactive to March 1 and are among changes NAHC has sought relief on. Home health Allow OTs to conduct the initial and comprehensive assessment for all patients…… Continue reading New waiver authorities for hospice and home health providers
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