Nursing Home Series for Front Line Clinicians and Staff
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is airing the first episode in a series of short podcasts for frontline nursing home staff. The series, “CMS Beyond the Policy:…
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CMS’s New One-Stop Nursing Home Resource Center
Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new online platform — the Nursing Home Resource Center — to serve as a centralized hub bringing together the…
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Kentucky OIG Update
The “e-storefront” we’ve been working on so that LTC providers could more easily find CHFS resources online, from Guidance Memos and FAQs to forms and instructions for submitting them, as…
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AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network
The AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network — a partnership between AHRQ, the University of New Mexico’s ECHO Institute and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) — provides…
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New SAMHSA app helps people with mental illness develop a crisis plan
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released a new mobile app, My Mental Health Crisis Plan, which allows individuals who have serious mental illness (SMI) to create…
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CISA and MS-ISAC Release Ransomware Guide
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) have released a joint Ransomware Guide that details practices that organizations should continuously engage…
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Nursing Home Visitation – COVID-19
CMS is committed to continuing to take critical steps to ensure America’s healthcare facilities are prepared to respond to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (PHE). Visitation Guidance:…
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Annual Assessment Tool Training Webinar
Dear Med-Net Team Members, Justine and Susan are very pleased to invite you to view the attached webinar recording. This webinar was made to train all of our clients on…
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CMS COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) Tip Sheet
COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) tip sheets are available for the home health, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility (IRF), Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH), and Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Programs. These…
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McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Article “OSHA Investigations in a Time of COVID-19” Now Available
Written by Jo Ann Halberstadter, General Counsel of Med-Net Concepts, LLC and appearing in the Market Place section of McKnight’ LTC News electronic edition. For full details please click here.
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