NHSN LTCF office hours scheduled for this week and next

Mary MadisonIndustry, Secure NewsLeave a Comment

Below is a repost of a Briggs article written by Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP, Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare. I know it’s a hectic time for you and your colleagues these days!  In case you missed it, all Medicare certified SNF/LTC facilities are required to start submitting COVID-19 data to CMS via the … Read More

COVID-19 reporting requires NHSN enrollment now

Mary MadisonCOVID-19, Industry, Secure NewsLeave a Comment

Below is a repost of a Briggs article written by Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP, Clinical Consultant, Briggs Healthcare. If you’ve been following recent Interim Final Rule blogs, you know that beginning Friday, May 8, 2020 all Medicare-certified LTC facilities (SNFs and NFs) must begin reporting COVID-19 data through the NHSN (National Healthcare Safety Network – … Read More

Additional policy and regulatory revisions in response to the COVID-19 PHE and delay of QRP requirements

Mary MadisonCOVID-19, LTC News, Secure News2 Comments

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  CMS-5531-IFC at this location is the unpublished PDF version.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

[On-demand webinar] COVID-19: Strategy and perspective from the front lines

Ken BellCOVID webinar, COVID-19, Secure News, Training4 Comments

As COVID-19 began to spread, the focus was on hospitals in the scramble to ensure adequate staffing, beds, equipment, and resources to care for coronavirus patients. In an ill-advised move to help address this, CA and NY State officials announced that nursing homes couldn’t refuse patients coming from the hospital, … Read More

New code for COVID-19 effective April 1

Lisa Selman-HolmanCOVID-19, Industry, Secure NewsLeave a Comment

The new code for COVID-19, U07.1, is one of two new codes that will be added to the code set effective April 1, 2020. New codes are usually effective on October 1, except in the case of emergency, so we will have two codes in the new U chapter, one … Read More