by Keri McDermott | Sep 29, 2021 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Quality Care Coalition
Official CDC Health Advisory | September 29, 2021 NEW CDC offers clinicians a toolkit and a flyer to facilitate conversations with patients. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends urgent action to increase Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 23, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm CT This COCA Call will give clinicians an overview of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster vaccination. Clinicians will learn about the vaccine booster recommendations, safety of booster dose, and clinical guidance...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 21, 2021 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is making it easier to check COVID-19 vaccination rates for nursing home staff and residents with a new feature on Medicare.gov. This announcement makes vaccination data available in a user-friendly format to help...
by Keri McDermott | Sep 14, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
A CDC training webinar series has been scheduled in anticipation of recommendations for additional vaccine series, new data reporting categories and the monthly reporting plan. A review of how to complete questions #4 and #5 on reporting additional or booster doses of...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 30, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
With the announcement of the emergency regulation requiring staff vaccination for Medicare and Medicaid-participating nursing homes, efforts to build confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine among staff has become a pressing matter. Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 23, 2021 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality
Join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 3:00 – 3:30 pm CT You MUST register to attend! Register Today. During this call, CMS...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 19, 2021 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN
Aug 18, 2021 – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is developing an emergency regulation requiring staff vaccinations within the nation’s more than 15,000 Medicare...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 17, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Quality Care Coalition
The CDC has released new data on the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines for pregnant people and is recommending all people 12 years of age and older, including pregnant people, get vaccinated against COVID-19. Access the August 11 media release Let all people who are...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 16, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Quality Care Coalition
As efforts continue to increase staff vaccination rates in long term care, the American Health Care Association (AHCA)/National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) has created new materials to help support long-term care providers. Three new handouts...
by Keri McDermott | Aug 9, 2021 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Patient Safety, Quality Care Coalition
Are you struggling to have productive conversations with family members, loved ones and employees on the benefit of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine? Have you relayed data and facts, used pressure tactics and mandates and still hitting road blocks? If so, have you...
