Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Late on Thursday afternoon, October 13, 2022, CMS posted the updated Design for Care Compare Nursing Home Five-Star Quality Rating System: Technical Users’ Guide_October 2022. The 36-page Guide contains these revisions: Quality Measure Rating Threshold changes Effective with the October 2022 refresh, CMS is implementing the…… Continue reading CMS Posts Updated Five-Star Users’ Guide
Annual Influenza Vaccination Data Reporting for the 2022-2023 Influenza Season: Summary of Key Points for Long-term Care Facilities
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Earlier this week, the CDC posted this Annual Influenza Vaccination Data Reporting for the 2022-2023 Influenza Season: Summary of Key Points for LTC Facilities. The CDC National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Vaccination Unit provided a webinar for long-term Care (LTC) facilities on Tuesday, September 27, 2022…… Continue reading Annual Influenza Vaccination Data Reporting for the 2022-2023 Influenza Season: Summary of Key Points for Long-term Care Facilities
Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the nursing home COVID-19 data for the week ending October 2, 2022. Comparing the October 2nd data to the September 25th data shows these changes: Resident primary vaccination completion rate decreased by 0.1% from previous week Residents up to date with vaccines decreased 5.7% from…… Continue reading Latest CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data
New Cybersecurity Requirements for State of Minnesota Critical Infrastructure Providers
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare On August 30, Governor Tim Walz signed Executive Order 22-20, directing state agencies to implement cybersecurity measures to protect critical infrastructure in Minnesota. Your business is part of the 16 critical infrastructure types. Please review this 4-page Executive order for specific directions and deadlines. MDH leadership,…… Continue reading New Cybersecurity Requirements for State of Minnesota Critical Infrastructure Providers
SNF Provider Preview Reports Available
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Provider Preview Reports have been updated and are now available. These reports contain provider performance scores for quality measures, which will be published on Care Compare and Provider Data Catalog (PDC) during the January 2023 refresh. The data contained within the Preview Reports are…… Continue reading SNF Provider Preview Reports Available
COVID-19 PHE Declaration Extended
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This renewal/extension of the PHE can be found here.
Shoes and Wheelchair Wheels Transferred MRSA From Room to Room in LTCFs
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The title of this blog is one of the highlights from a study published September 30, 2022 in the American Journal of Infection Control. Other highlights include: • Floors and shoes are potential sources for dissemination of pathogens • A benign virus inoculated on the floor…… Continue reading Shoes and Wheelchair Wheels Transferred MRSA From Room to Room in LTCFs
White House Designates October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare President Biden designated October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month and encouraged the public and private sectors to take immediate action to protect against cyber threats in a White House press release. Cyberattacks affect our day-to-day lives, our economy, and our national security. By destroying, corrupting, or stealing information from…… Continue reading White House Designates October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Reductions in Deaths and Hospitalizations Associated with COVID-19 Vaccinations Among Medicare Beneficiaries: Full Year 2021 Estimates
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare This (16-page) study updates ASPE’s previous analysis of the associations between COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths among Medicare beneficiaries and COVID-19 vaccination rates, with full year data through the end of 2021. The study uses a combination of person-level Medicare claims and county-level vaccination data to estimate…… Continue reading Reductions in Deaths and Hospitalizations Associated with COVID-19 Vaccinations Among Medicare Beneficiaries: Full Year 2021 Estimates
Experts Question How Nursing Homes Will Pay For More Staff Amid Anticipated Minimum Staffing Mandate
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Friday, October 7, 2022, AHCA/NCAL issued this press release (same title as this blog). “The Biden administration is expected to issue a federal minimum staffing mandate for nursing homes. As the long term care sector continues to face a historic labor crisis, experts are questioning how the proposed mandate…… Continue reading Experts Question How Nursing Homes Will Pay For More Staff Amid Anticipated Minimum Staffing Mandate
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