The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)/Long Term Care (LTC) Open Door Forum scheduled for: Date: Thursday, December 17, 2020 Start Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time. Conference Leaders: Todd Smith & Jill Darling **This Agenda is … Read More
Call for presentations now open!
Call for presentations now open! Apply for LTC Virtual Symposium 2021 and monthly webinars SimpleLTC and Briggs Healthcare are seeking engaging presentations from LTC industry experts for our upcoming educational events, including monthly national webinars and our LTC Virtual Symposium 2021 (currently scheduled for mid-summer/early fall). Audiences for our educational … Read More
COVID-19 in LTC office hour: New testing requirements in nursing homes and labs
COVID-19 in LTC Office Hour: New testing requirements in nursing homes and labs … Straight from the CDC: CMS Implements Stricter COVID Testing Requirements Starting August 26th, 2020 Dr. Nimalie Stone from the CDC will be presenting for Telligen’s interactive LTC Office Hours on Thursday, October 15th, to review the … 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
NHSN LTCF office hours scheduled for this week and next
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