CMS updated Toolkit on State Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 Prevalence in Nursing Homes … Version 6 on July 23, 2020. If you’re keeping track, this latest version has 154 pages. COVID-19 Nursing Home Submitted Data as of Week Ending: 07/12/2020 is now available. “The Nursing Home COVID-19 Public File includes data reported … Read More
SNF QRP COVID-19 PHE tip sheet is available
The 4-page SNF COVID-19 PHE Tip Sheet is now available. This tip sheet is designed to assist Skilled Nursing Facility providers in understanding the status of the SNF Quality Reporting Program (QRP) during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). Also provided is practical guidance to address SNF quality data submission requirements starting … Read More
BREAKING NEWS: COVID-19 testing at skilled nursing facilities/nursing homes and PRF reporting information released
CMS has posted a 6-page FAQ document that answers 21 questions regarding provision of COVID-19 testing platforms and tests to nursing homes. Also posted was information about CMS methodology for prioritizing facilities and a listing of the facilities. The methodology and listing is in the form of an Excel spreadsheet. When you click … Read More
COVID-19 POC tests and machines coming to nursing homes starting this week
If you listened to the Wednesday, July 22, 2020 CMS COVID-19 Nursing Home Call, you heard Evan Shulman, Director, Division of Nursing Homes for CMS moderating this afternoon’s 30-minute session. It was announcement that nursing homes with a CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment) certificate would begin to receive 1 of … Read More
COVID-19 information: 2nd full week of July 2020
MLN Matters Number: SE20011 Revised was posted on Friday, July 17, 2020. This is a 16-page MLN. Look for the red ink within this document. The first occurrence is found on page 11. Keep reading as there is more clarification regarding the SNF Benefit Period Waiver as well as billing. Testing … Read More