Friday afternoon, May 22, 2020, the CDC released Interim Guidance for Communities of Faith. This online interim guidance was also reviewed again the following day. This was posted about 1 week after the original guidance which did not include religious organizations/communities. I’m posting this as our LTC/Senior Living communities are part of the … Read More
Keeping nursing home and LTC workers safe during coronavirus pandemic
On Thursday, May 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an alert providing safety tips employers can follow to help protect nursing home and long-term care facility workers from exposure to the coronavirus. Safety measures employers can implement to protect workers in the nursing home … Read More
Additional policy and regulatory revisions in response to the COVID-19 PHE and delay of QRP requirements
Below is a repost of a Briggs article written by Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP, Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare. Last Friday, May 1, 2020, I posted a brief blog on the second Interim Final Rule issued by CMS. CMS-5531-IFC at this location is the unpublished PDF version. The official IFC is scheduled for publication on May 8, 2020 in … Read More
CMS reports error on Five-Star Preview Reports
Attention MDS Coordinators: CMS recently issued a statement regarding an error located within the MDS quality measure (QM) table on the provider Five-Star Preview Report for October 2018. The data for the line for percentage of high-risk pressure ulcers was missing, which caused the remaining rows to be shifted up. … Read More
CMS makes significant change to coding J2000 – Prior Surgery
Attention MDS Coordinators: Be sure you and your staff are aware of this significant change to MDS 3.0 coding for J2000 – Prior Surgery. Immediately after releasing the new MDS 3.0 Item Set on Oct. 1, CMS posted a five-page errata document providing notification of a significant MDS 3.0 change … Read More