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Friday, September 18, 2020

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Home Health Now - Virtual Conference

Home Health Now is HCPro’s exclusive online summit taking place on October 6, 2020. The half-day event features sessions on topics that matter to home health professionals, like finance exit strategies, HIPAA and information security, reducing your audit risk, and more.

Skilled Nursing Facility

Northwell Health launches telehealth platform for SNFs

Northwell Health, New York’s largest health system, announced plans to launch a new telehealth platform, providing on-demand virtual care at two local SNFs. The two facilities, Methodist Home for Nursing and Rehabilitation in the Bronx, and Glen Cove Nursing and Rehabilitation on Long Island will have access to the 23-hospital health system, allowing staff to …

Home Health

New COVID-19 codes proposed for January 2021 implementation

Three new COVID-19 codes were proposed for a January 2021 implementation during a Sept. 9 virtual ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee Meeting. These codes are proposed to improve specificity when capturing COVID-19 screening, exposure, and personal history. The new proposed codes are: For screening — Z11.52 (Encounter for screening for COVID-19)For exposure — Z20.822 (Contact …

Featured Event

Provider Enrollment Virtual Summit

Connect with industry experts and provider enrollment specialists around the country at the Provider Enrollment Virtual Summit!

Post-Acute Advisor Podcast

SNF Audits After the Pandemic

Expert Maureen McCarthy, president of Celtic Consulting, LLC, and CEO and founder of Care Transitions, LLP, a care coordination service provider, joins us to talk about what SNF audits may look like after the pandemic.

Skilled Nursing Facility

Unionized nursing homes have better outcomes under COVID-19

Unionized nursing homes in New York state saw lower COVID-19 mortality rates, as well as better access to PPE during the pandemic, according to a September 10 study in the journal Health Affairs. “Unions generally demand high staff-to-patient ratios, paid sick leave, and higher wage and benefit levels that reduce staff turnover,” stated researchers in …

PPS Alert for Long-Term Care

COVID-19 Q&A

Question: Does the section 1812(f) waiver for the 3-day qualifying hospital stay apply only to those beneficiaries who are actually diagnosed with COVID-19, or does the waiver apply to all SNF-level beneficiaries under Medicare Part A?