The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is releasing a new pathway through their National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) LTCF COVID-19 Module that will allow providers to report the results of their Point of Care (POC) COVID-19 testing. Providers who are performing POC COVID-19 testing under their CLIA waiver are required to report … Read More
CMS survey data illustrates impact of COVID-19 on Medicare beneficiaries’ daily life/experiences
CMS released data last week showing that 21% of Medicare beneficiaries report forgoing non-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) care due to the pandemic, and nearly all – 98% – of beneficiaries have taken preventative measures to keep themselves safe from the virus. According to the survey, the most common type of … Read More
Supporting COVID-19 testing
The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), recently announced that we will begin providing nursing homes with a Point of Care (POC) rapid response testing instrument to bolster each facility’s ability to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The data collected through the NHSN system directly … Read More
Updated: 3-Day stay and benefit period COVID-19 waiver guidance fact sheet
On October 2, 2020, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) renewed the declaration of the COVID-19 national public health emergency (PHE), and it will now extend through at least January 20, 2021 (unless the Secretary renews the PHE again). This means that most of the Section 1135 and … Read More
SNF QRP measure calculations and reporting user’s manual updated
CMS has provided an Addendum to this User’s Manual. The information in the Addendum is effective October 1, 2020 to coincide with the implementation of the MDS 3.0 Item Set, version 1.17.2. It’s a .zip file so this is what you’ll see when you open it: The Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting … Read More