Page One Topics:

 

Biden-Harris Administration

CARES ACT

 

CDC – Infection Prevention in Nursing Homes

CDC – Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

CDC – Other Resources

CDC - Training resources for healthcare providers

CDC – Vaccination Resources

 

CMS

CMS - ICD-10

CMS – Nursing Facility Specific Visitation and PPE Guidance

CMS - Waiving the 3-day Stay Requirement

 

Coronavirus Commission for Safety & Quality in Nursing Homes

 

GAO

 

Guidance on Therapy In Nursing Homes

 

 

Page Two Topics:

 

HHS

 

MLN Matters

 

Monoclonal Antibody Treatment
 

NHSN Reporting

 

OIG

OSHA

Project Echo

Regulations

 

Senate Aging Committee
Senate Finance Committee

 

Telehealth

Telehealth Funding

 

Testing

 

Vaccination Resources - CDC

Vaccination Resources - Other

 

NASL and Members in the News

 

HHS 

 

MLN Matters

 

NHSN reporting

 

NHSN has updated reporting resources for long term care facilities: 

Resident Impact and Facility Capacity

Point of Care Upload Resources - 2/4/21

Group Level CSV File Templates for Surveillance Reporting Pathways - 2/4/21

New! Therapeutics - 2/4/21

NHSN information can be found here.

  • Nursing Home COVID-19 Public File Updated 7/12/20 (Includes data submitted weekly by nursing homes to the CDC’s National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) system COVID-19 Long Term Care Facility Module.).  

 

OIG

 

OSHA
 


Project Echo (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes)
 

Regulations

 

Senate Aging Committee
 

Senate Finance Committee
 

Telehealth
 

  • Coronavirus FAQ document (CMS announced that it is allowing institutional settings to furnish and bill for outpatient therapy delivered via telehealth during the ongoing COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.  See pages 70-71)  5/27/20
     
  • Toolkit for states to help accelerate adoption of broader telehealth coverage policies in the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs during the 2019 COVID-19 pandemic.  4/23/20
     
  • HHS Secretary Azar’s letter urging Governors to “allow all health professionals licensed or certified in other states to practice their professions in your state either in person or via telepractice.” 3/27/20

Telehealth Funding

 

  • The FCC COVID-19 Telehealth Program will provide $200 million in funding to help healthcare providers provide connected care services to patients by fully funding their telecommunications services, information services, and devices necessary to provide critical connected care services until the program’s funds have been expended or the COVID-19 pandemic has ended.  According to the FCC, the program is limited to nonprofit and public eligible health care providers and includes skilled nursing facilities (as defined in section 395i-3(a) of title 42).  Applications must be submitted through the online application portal; the online application is available here.  
     

Additional Information:
 

Monoclonal Antibody Treatment

 

Testing
 

 

CDC – Vaccination Resources

 

CDC Vaccine Resources for Long Term Care:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vaccination – Other

 

  

NASL and Members in the News

 

Other News Articles