by Keri McDermott | Apr 10, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
April 10, 2020 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memo and Frequently Asked Questions document intended for hospitals, hospital laboratory and acute care facility data reporting. This document details the Federal Government’s data...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 8, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
CMS Issues New Wave of Infection Control Guidance Based on CDC Guidelines to Protect Patients and Healthcare Workers from COVID-19 Guidance will aid clinicians in various healthcare settings to prevent and mitigate the spread April 8, 2020 – Under the...
by gpqinadmin | Mar 30, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Great Plains QIN
As the Quality Innovation Network – Quality Improvement Organization for North Dakota and South Dakota, Great Plains Quality Innovation Network has been asked to communicate COVID-19 data collection and reporting requirements to all hospitals in our two states. The...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 26, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
On March 23, 2020, CMS Memo QSO-20-20-All summarized the prioritization of survey activities for long-term care facilities (nursing homes), hospitals, home health agencies, intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities and hospices. A...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 23, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released two comprehensive toolkits on telehealth that are specific to general practitioners as well as providers treating patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). CMS has broadened access to Medicare...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 23, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
March 22, 2020 – In response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today it is granting a range of data reporting exceptions and extensions across its quality reporting and value-based...
by gpqinadmin | Mar 18, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Great Plains QIN
Medicare beneficiaries will have access to a wider range of health services during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency as the result of expanded telehealth coverage. The Trump Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the...
by gpqinadmin | Mar 12, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Great Plains QIN, Uncategorized
The CDC, CMS, and State Departments of Health are responding to cases of COVID-19 across the United States. This is a rapidly evolving situation and new information and guidance to healthcare facilities is being updated on a daily basis. In addition to your State...
by Keri McDermott | Mar 5, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
March 5, 2020 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued three new Quality, Safety and Oversight memos about COVID-19 – two apply to nursing homes and a third to hospitals that are listed below. We strongly encourage you to review....
by Keri McDermott | Mar 4, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
March 4, 2020 – CMS calls on all healthcare providers to activate infection control practices and issues guidance to inspectors as they inspect facilities affected by Coronavirus Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing several...