COVID-19 Nursing Home Data for Week Ending August 16, 2020 is now available. As always, the Nursing Home Dataset is accessible further down beneath these and other graphs on that same website. Check out the other resources and information available there as well. CMS-3401-IFC (Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments … Read More
Latest department of justice (DOJ) action you may find interesting
Late in the day on Wednesday, August 26, 2020, the DOJ announced that it “requested COVID-19 data from the governors of states that issued orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Michigan required nursing homes to … Read More
Upcoming office hours for LTCFs: NHSN COVID-19 module updates (webinars)
Dear NHSN LTCF Users, Mark your calendars and prepare to join us for two webinars to learn about recent NHSN COVID 19 Module Updates and answers to frequently asked questions. The first webinar will be held on Tuesday, September 1 at 1:00 PM ET and the second on Thursday, September … Read More
Interim final rule with comment period coming: Additional policy and regulatory revisions in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency
A Press Release issued late afternoon on August 25, 2020 promises to bring “sweeping regulatory changes.” The broad categories of this initiative are: New testing requirements for nursing homes Hospitals must report data New reporting requirements for labs Physician and pharmacist orders for tests I’ve excerpted the “high” points of this Press … 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