Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare “This year, CNA Week 2022 is from June 16 to June 22. With the theme of “I’m Still Standing,” NAHCA created this toolkit for CNAs and for the skilled nursing centers, assisted living communities, and staffing and home health agencies they work for so that…… Continue reading CNA Week: June 16 – 22, 2022
Preparedness Checklist for Nursing Homes and Other Long-Term Care Settings
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities can take steps to assess and improve their preparedness for responding to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Each facility will need to adapt this checklist to meet its needs and circumstances based on differences among facilities (e.g., patient/resident characteristics, facility…… Continue reading Preparedness Checklist for Nursing Homes and Other Long-Term Care Settings
New Home Health and Hospice Industry Study Reveals Crucial Healthcare Performance Insights
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDPClinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare PORTLAND, ME, June 9, 2022 – LeadingAge, the association of nonprofit providers of aging services, announces the release of the National Healthcare at Home Best Practices and Future Insights Study results. LeadingAge collaborated with national accounting and consulting firm BerryDunn to conduct the yearlong effort collecting data…… Continue reading New Home Health and Hospice Industry Study Reveals Crucial Healthcare Performance Insights
CMS Posts Two (2) Updated LTC Datasets
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted these 2 updated data sets on June 9, 2022: The direct links to the datasets are: COVID-19 Vaccination Rates – State and National AveragesCOVID-19 Vaccination Rates – Provider Data
Release of FY2023 ICD-10-CM Files
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/CDC has posted the FY2023 ICD-10-CM codes. The FY2023 ICD-10-CM codes are to be used from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. Note: This replaces the FY 2022 – April 1, release. These files listed below represent the…… Continue reading Release of FY2023 ICD-10-CM Files
Current CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS has posted the nursing home COVID-19 data for the week ending May 29, 2022. Comparing the May 29th data to the previous May 22nd data shows these changes: Resident vaccination rate dropped 0.1% for the first time in 4 weeksResidents with booster doses increased by…… Continue reading Current CMS, CDC and NHSN Nursing Home COVID-19 Data
MedPAC Comments: FY2023 SNF PPS Proposed Rule
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare As you know, today (June 10, 2022) is the deadline for stakeholders to submit comments on the FY2023 SNF PPS Proposed Rule. Lots of stakeholders have already provided comment (over 3,000 as of yesterday) and the window is open until 5pm ET today. In case…… Continue reading MedPAC Comments: FY2023 SNF PPS Proposed Rule
CMS Updates LTC Survey Process Materials
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted an update to the LTC Survey Process on Tuesday, June 7, 2022. The Revision History for LTC Survey Process Documents and Files is found here. CMS corrected the version of Appendix PP back to the 2017 (2018 revision was a typo) for the…… Continue reading CMS Updates LTC Survey Process Materials
Update to Chapter 7 – Home Health Services – Medicare Benefit Policy Manual
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare CMS posted Transmittal 11447 – Change Request 12615on June 6, 2022, with the same title as this blog. The updated material is found on pages 6, 7 and 8 of this 8-page Transmittal. Look for the red ink. A corresponding MLN Matters (4 pages) was…… Continue reading Update to Chapter 7 – Home Health Services – Medicare Benefit Policy Manual
OIG Spring 2022 Semi-Annual Report to Congress
Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare The OIG issued this Press Release on Monday, June 6, 2022 with this subtitle: “America’s taxpayers could recoup nearly $3 billion in misspent Medicare, Medicaid, and other health and human services funds as a result of work by HHS-OIG The Spring 2022 Semiannual Report to Congress (SAR)…… Continue reading OIG Spring 2022 Semi-Annual Report to Congress
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