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CMS LTC GUIDANCE Posts

CMS Issues Guidance to NFs for Notification of Confirmed and Suspected COVID-19 Cases Among Residents and Staff

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Larissa
  CMS Issues Guidance to NFs for Notification of Confirmed and Suspected COVID-19 Cases Among Residents and Staff The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released QSO-20-29-NH (PDF). The memo informs nursing facilities about the following: On May 8, 2020, CMS will publish an interim final rule with comment period. Facilities must submit their first set
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Posted in CMS LTC GUIDANCE Posts CMS, COVID-19, guidance, LTC, NF, Nursing Facilities, reporting requirements, residents, staff

CMS issues key protective mask guidance for healthcare workers.

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Larissa
Guidance expands types of facemasks healthcare workers can use to protect themselves and patients in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19. Click here to read more
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Posted in CMS LTC GUIDANCE Posts Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, COVID-19, face mask, healthcare workers, LTC, mask, nursing home

Recommendations for Long-Term Care Facilities during COVID-19 Outbreak

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Larissa
This is a publication from the Washington State Department of Health: Recommendations for Long-Term Care Facilities during COVID-19 Outbreak Click here to read
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Posted in CMS LTC GUIDANCE Posts coronavirus, COVID-19, Department of Health, facilities, long-term care, LTC, outbreak, recommendations, Washington

CDC Conference Call: What Clinicians Need to Know to Prepare for COVID-19 in the United States

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Larissa
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hosting a Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity call on Thursday, March 5 at 1 p.m. CT. During this call, clinicians will learn what they can do to prepare for COVID-19, including identifying persons under investigation, applying infection prevention and control measures, assessing risks for exposure, optimizing the
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Posted in CMS LTC GUIDANCE Posts CDC, clinicians, COCA, conference call, COVID-19, webinar

COVID-19 Update from China

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Larissa
By mid-February 2020 there were 60,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the vast majority diagnosed in Hubei Province (including Wuhan city) in mainland China. China CDC Chief Epidemiologist Zunyou Wu, MD, PhD discusses the latest COVID-19 developments in the country with JAMA Editor in Chief Howard Bauchner, MD. https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/18234306?utm_source=silverchair&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=article_alert-jama&utm_content=olf&utm_term=021420
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Posted in CMS LTC GUIDANCE Posts, Uncategorized CDC, China, corona virus, COVID-19, JAMA

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