by Keri McDermott | Jun 22, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality
Thursday, June 25, 2020 | 3:00 – 4:00 PM CT Register Here Note: Once you register, you will receive an email with your individual link to join the webcast. The link you receive will only work for one user. Please forward this email to other team members if you would...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 22, 2020 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality
North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum declared today [June 23, 2020] Silver Linings Day in honor of long-term care facilities serving North Dakota’s most vulnerable population for more than 125 years. Long-term care providers – in honor of your unwavering dedication and...
by Keri McDermott | Jun 5, 2020 | Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality, Public Observances, Quality of Care Transitions
Five million Americans over 65 years are living with Alzheimer’s. This number could nearly triple by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s 2020 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures. To shed light on the growing need for dementia care and...
by Keri McDermott | May 21, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has posted the LTCF COVID-19 Module Enrollment Refresher training video to their website, under ‘Enrollment’. This is an additional resource for those that need enrollment guidance. Access the Training Video. Access...
by Keri McDermott | May 14, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed resources for frontline staff in long-term care facilities. These new webinars are intended to be a training tool/resource for frontline long-term care staff members. Access the Webinars below; a...
by Keri McDermott | May 13, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality
May 13 – Earlier today, CMS released a toolkit developed to aid those who provide oversight and assistance to nursing home facilities, with additional resources to aid in the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic within nursing homes....
by Keri McDermott | May 7, 2020 | CMS News, Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality
On May 8, 2020, CMS will publish an interim final rule with comment period, titled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Basic Health Program, and Exchanges; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Delay of Certain...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 28, 2020 | CMS News, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Hospitals, Nursing Home Quality
CMS hosts varied recurring stakeholder engagement sessions to share information related to the agency’s response to COVID-19. These sessions are open to members of the healthcare community and are intended to provide updates, share best practices among peers, and...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 28, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality
Now Available: Nursing Home Five Star Quality Rating System Updates, Nursing Home Staff Counts and Frequently Asked Questions The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) works to ensure the health and safety of nursing home residents by enforcing the...
by Keri McDermott | Apr 20, 2020 | Covid-19, Featured, Great Plains QIN, Nursing Home Quality
Agencies partner with nursing homes to keep nursing home residents safe April 19, 2020 – Under the leadership of President Trump, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new regulatory requirements that will require nursing homes to...