CDC was busy updating COVID-19 guidance/website late last week: Clinical Care Guidance for Healthcare Professionals about Coronavirus (COVID-19) No details provided on what was updated but this is a good site to bookmark for future reference. Flowchart for management of HCWs with exposure to a person with COVID-19 Interim Guidelines … Read More
Version 11 – Toolkit on state actions to mitigate COVID-19 prevalence in NHs available
The latest version – 11 of this toolkit was recently posted. This version is 186 pages, up 10 pages from Version 10. This toolkit catalogs the many innovative solutions designed at the state level to protect our nation’s vulnerable nursing home residents during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Beginning with this new 11th … Read More
CMS takes action to protect integrity of COVID-19 testing
On Friday, October 9, 2020 (late in the afternoon), CMS announced that it is “is taking every action to ensure U.S. laboratories are fit to deliver reliable, accurate and timely patient test results for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by confirming Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) certifications are up- … Read More
The best gets better: ezPBJ is now SimplePBJ
ezPBJ™ is now SimplePBJ™ — The simple way to master Payroll-Based Journal reporting and compliance for skilled nursing facilities.
CMS posts COVID-19 NH data for week ending September 27, 2020
CMS has posted Nursing Home Data for Week ending 9/27/2020. Facility-specific data is found by scrolling down the website to the NH Database. County positivity rates are posted for October 5, 2020. You can access past positivity rates in the Archives. Currently, the Archives shows these reports: