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Friday, January 15, 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.

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 …

Home Health

CMS announces expansion of Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Model

CMS will expand the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) Model, officials announced January 8, 2021. Currently implemented in nine states, the model has saved Medicare an average of $141 million annually, with an average improvement in quality scores of 4/6%, according to a news release. The HHVBP Model adjusts payments to agencies based on quality …

Featured Podcast

Quality Measures and Vaccination Programs

Today we talk with Annette Sanders, MSN, RN, CLNC, senior consultant at LW Consulting about new proposed quality measures and about challenges and considerations to think about while running a vaccination program in your facility. Listen below or at: Soundcloud Spotify Apple Podcasts Post-Acute Advisor · Infection Reporting and COVD-19 Vaccination Programs

Skilled Nursing Facility

CMS launches platform for SNF waiver requests and PHE inquiries

CMS launched a platform to standardize Section 1135 waiver requests and Public Health Emergency (PHE)-related inquiries on January 11. This tool is expected to streamline how SNFs submit waiver requests and inquiries, and how CMS reviews the submitted information. With very limited exception, all 1135 waiver requests and/or PHE-related inquiries going forward should be submitted …

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, …

PPS Alert for Long-Term Care

PDPM: Hindsight is 2020

2020 was a rollercoaster of a year, and 2019 feels eons ago. In reality, it’s only been 14 months since PDPM was implemented in October 2019. When looking back on the time since the im-plementation of PDPM, we need to break it down and look at the data from before the pandemic and the data from during the pandemic, explains Reg Hislop III, co-owner of H2 Healthcare, LLC.