Just announced today (August 25, 2020), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is implementing an unprecedented national nursing home training program for frontline nursing home staff and nursing home management. The training is designed to equip both frontline caregivers and their management with the knowledge they need to … Read More
National nursing home COVID-19 action network conversation series
In partnership with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Project ECHO is mobilizing our national network of ECHO partners to rapidly deploy COVID-19 ECHO programs to train mentor, and support nursing home staff on infection prevention and control. With support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Read More
Nursing home strategies for COVID-19 only isolation of COVID-19 residents
Monday, August 24, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a Medicaid Informational Bulletin (CIB) that provides guidance to states on flexibilities that are available to increase reimbursement for nursing facilities that implement specific infection control practices, such as designating a quarantine or isolation wing for COVID-19 … Read More
What happened in room 10?
What Happened in Room 10? is a piece written by Katie Engelhart and published August 23, 2020 in the California Sunday Magazine. Being from the Midwest, I had never heard of this magazine until I spotted the thread in Twitter that afternoon. It’s a stunner, to be sure. At times … Read More
Have you accessed your PEPPER report?
The PEPPER Team has updated the maps that display the PEPPER retrieval rates for PEPPERs accessed via the PEPPER Resources Portal for each state/territory. Percentages reflect the PEPPER release that was completed July 29, 2020, for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), critical access hospitals (CAHs), hospices, and long-term acute care hospitals (LTCHs) … Read More