CMS-CDC Fundamentals of COVID-19 Prevention for Nursing Home Management is a website you’ll want to bookmark and check often. On this website you’ll find upcoming webinar topics, recordings posted after the webinar, presentation slides and additional resources. I have found these webinars to be very informative. They are 1-hour webinars … Read More
CMS updated LTC survey resources
On August 31, 2020, CMS posted updated LTC Survey Resources. (The date on the overall webpage has not been updated since May 2020 so you have to look to close to see if anything new is there.) The new/updated resources include:Revision History for LTC Survey Process Documents and Files UPDATED 08/31/2020 … Read More
Dementia care in nursing homes (Upcoming call)
When: Tuesday, September 22, 2020, from 1:30 to 3 pm ET Registration: Register for Medicare Learning Network events. Event Materials: Presentation: Available prior to the event at CMS MLN Events Audio recording and transcript: Available approximately 2 weeks after the event Description:National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care and Quality Assurance Performance ImprovementDuring this … Read More
COVID-19 testing positivity data now available
Friday, August 28, 2020 CMS began posting information on COVID-19 testing. The COVID-19 Nursing Home Data website is where this information will be made available along with the NHSN data. This website is part of QSO-20-38-NH … Interim Final Rule issued August 26, 2020. This QSO memorandum notes that, routine testing of staff correlates with … Read More
RAI User’s Manual – Appendix B updated again
CMS updated Appendix B with revision date of August 27, 2020. Appendix B provides the names and email addresses of each of the State RAI Coordinators, State MDS Automation Coordinators, RAI Coordinator Panel Members and Regional Office Contacts. These are folks that you can reach out to with questions or when assistance … Read More