If you missed the June 11, 2020 third session of the National Nursing Home Training series, the recording and presentation slides are now available. This session is 58 minutes and 15 seconds in length and provided great information on cohorting residents and staff – both necessary to contain COVID-19 in … Read More
[On-demand webinar] Telehealth: What it is and what it’s not during the COVID-19 PHE
Telehealth or Telecommunications? What is permissible during the ongoing COVID-19 public health emergency? Due to COVID-19, the skilled nursing industry has had to cram years of telehealth information in the last several weeks. This has left many struggling to understand telehealth principles such as… Definitions and descriptions The regulatory and … Read More
Administration encourages reopening of healthcare facilities
CMS today (June 9, 2020) released a guide “for patients and beneficiaries as they consider their in-person care options. During the height of the pandemic, many healthcare systems and patients postponed non-emergency, in-person care in order to keep patients and providers safe and to ensure capacity to care for COVID-19 … Read More
Navigating COVID-19: Supporting individuals with dementia and their caregivers
The CMS Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO) is pleased to announce this training opportunity: The current COVID-19 public health emergency presents new and unique challenges for individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) as well as the family and friends providing care for them. Providers and health plans can … Read More
Posting of nursing home inspections
On June 4, 2020, CMS posted QSO-20-32. Read my blog on that notification here. The subject matter of that QSO is the Release of COVID-19 Nursing Home Data. Later that same day, another QSO was posted: QSO 20-33-NH … Posting of Nursing Home Inspections. This seems to be the difference between … Read More