Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the updated OASIS Error Message User Guide … Version 2.1 with the date of June 15, 2023. This is a 164-page document. The Interpreting Initial Feedback and Final Validation Reports is the companion guide. It was last updated in December 2007 but is…… Continue reading OASIS (Home Health) Error Message User Guide Updated
APIC Calls for Dedicated Infection Prevention Staff at all Long-Term Care Facilities to Prevent Deaths of Seniors
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Better infection surveillance and trained surveyors are also necessary to keep nursing homes safe and accountable. Arlington, Va., June 20, 2023 – Highlighting an “astonishing lack of attention to infection prevention and control in nursing homes,” the nation’s infection preventionists, in advance of expected federal action on…… Continue reading APIC Calls for Dedicated Infection Prevention Staff at all Long-Term Care Facilities to Prevent Deaths of Seniors
Minnesota and LTC Medicaid Case Mix
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Last week (June 26, 2023), I contacted Nadine Olness, RN, MN RAI Coordinator/Case Mix Review to ask about Minnesota’s plan for using the MDS 3.0 v1.18.11 effective October 1, 2023 for case mix reimbursement. Ms. Olness’ reply (greatly appreciated!) was: “Minnesota will continue to Use the…… Continue reading Minnesota and LTC Medicaid Case Mix
National Stakeholder Call with the CMS Administrator on July 18, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Please join the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, and her leadership team, who will provide an update on CMS’ recent accomplishments and how our cross-cutting initiatives are advancing CMS’ Strategic Plan. CMS serves the public as a trusted partner and steward dedicated to advancing…… Continue reading National Stakeholder Call with the CMS Administrator on July 18, 2023
Nebraska: Nursing Facility Reimbursement Model Migration from RUGs to PDPM
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This provider bulletin is being issued to notify Medicaid nursing facility providers of the upcoming switch to the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) for Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments. Effective July 1, 2023, Nebraska Medicaid will switch from Resource Utilization Group III, Version 5.2 Grouper 34…… Continue reading Nebraska: Nursing Facility Reimbursement Model Migration from RUGs to PDPM
Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum Scheduled for Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Mary Madison, RN, RAC- CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum is scheduled for Wednesday, July 12, 2023, PM at 3:30 PM-4:30 PM Eastern Time (ET). Note that you should register in advance for this webinar – this is a new/updated step to log into the…… Continue reading Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum Scheduled for Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Lessons From COVID-19 for Protecting Workers in the Next Pandemic
Mary Madison, RN, RAC- CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare I am a fan of post-incident analysis … looking in the rear-view mirror when we’re moving away from a crisis. Consider such analysis as also learning from what we’ve experienced so it doesn’t happen again. Here’s an op-ed that I believe all of us should…… Continue reading Lessons From COVID-19 for Protecting Workers in the Next Pandemic
CY2024 Home Health Proposed Rule
CY2024 Home Health Proposed Rule Mary Madison, RN, RAC- CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Friday, June 30, 2023, CMS posted the public inspection copy of the Calendar Year 2024 Home Health PPS Proposed Rule. This 392-page document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/10/2023 and available online at federalregister.gov/d/2023-14044, and…… Continue reading CY2024 Home Health Proposed Rule
CDC Director Adopts ACIP Flu Vaccination Recommendations for 2023-2024 Season
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) voted to again recommend annual influenza (flu) vaccination for everyone 6 months and older in the United States, and CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H. has adopted their recommendations. The guidance around vaccine administration to egg-allergic patients changed…… Continue reading CDC Director Adopts ACIP Flu Vaccination Recommendations for 2023-2024 Season
Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in the United States
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory (June 26, 2023) to share information and notify clinicians, public health authorities, and the public about— Identification of locally acquired malaria cases (P. vivax) in two U.S. states (Florida [4]…… Continue reading Locally Acquired Malaria Cases Identified in the United States
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