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Monday, January 11, 2021

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Prepare Your Home Care Business for 2021

With a new administration in the White House, we must anticipate new challenges the industry may face. Join Littler Shareholder, Angelo Spinola, for a high level overview of the latest legal updates in the home care industry for private duty.

Home Health

COVID-19 focused infection control survey tool for acute and continuing care

CMS is revising the COVID-19 focused infection control (FIC) survey tool for acute and continuing care to help ensure an effective assessment of a provider’s or supplier’s implementation of the appropriate infection prevention standards, according to a memo released December 30. In agreement with QSO-20-35-All (dated August 17, 2020) related to the revised survey prioritization, …

Featured Podcast

Creating a culture of Trauma-Informed Care

Note: The following podcast was first aired on August 13, 2020. Expert Jodi Eyigor, Director of Nursing Home Quality & Policy at LeadingAge, joins us to talk about implementing Trauma-Informed Care in SNFs. Listen on SoundCloudListen on iTunes ConnectListen on Spotify

Skilled Nursing Facility

Staff reluctance slows the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations at SNFs

The rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations to SNFs has been slowed by staff hesitation according to CVS Health Corp. Another issue with vaccines is that a number of SNFs overstated the number of residents by 20-30%. This can be accounted for by both resident deaths, and the reluctance of families to send loved ones to nursing …