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The statistics are sobering: One in three adults over the age of 65 and between 50% to 75% of nursing home residents fall each year and falls are the leading cause of death from injury in those 65 and older. The annual cost of falls is over $50 billion. The “Cost” of falls impacts our patients, customers, and the overall economics of healthcare. Falls can lead to major injuries, which can cause pain, immobility, contractures, incontinence, increased dependence on caregivers, medical complications, decreased quality of life, depression, and sometimes loss of life.

The highly-anticipated and often delayed HHS Provider Relief Fund Reporting Portal officially opened on July 1, 2021 here. Along with the portal itself, a user guide, an excel template workbook, and several new FAQs were also issued. These are in addition to updated reporting guidance that was released on June 11, 2021 here. These new resources clarified and resolved several important issues.

COVID-19 has certainly taken taking its toll on the nursing home industry where staffing was a challenge even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The recent directive by the federal government that is mandating that all employees of skilled nursing facilities to be COVID-19 vaccinated on or about October 18th, 2021, (the estimated last day for final COVID-19 Vaccine shot on October 4, 2021) further compounds the staffing crisis and could result in significant negative ramifications to the clinical, financial, and operational performance of nursing facilities. This new federal mandate comes shortly after the May 11th, 2021 regulation requiring nursing homes to report weekly the status of completed COVID-19 vaccinations for both residents and staff to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN).

The Medicare Advantage Post-Acute eXchange (MAPAX) delivers the industry’s first claims-based intelligence on current SNF-MA reimbursement, outcomes and value proposition. This data does not exist elsewhere, despite Medicare Advantage enrollment exceeding 40% of all beneficiaries nationally. Learn more here!

The converging crises in 2020 shed light on the lack of access to affordable healthcare for Black and Brown peoples and persons from economically marginalized communities. We all witnessed the crippling compound effect of health inequity shouldered by economically distressed communities - many New York nonprofits responded in turn.

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Revolutionizing care for seniors by reducing adverse events using artificial intelligence (AI), with predictive analytics based on balance and gait analysis to identify deficits and forecast fall risk.

Organizations that take control of their employee health benefits costs are better positioned to enhance their retirement plan, their overall benefits package, and keep their workforce healthy, happy, retained and engaged. Watch this on-demand webinar featuring benefits experts Nonstop Administration and Insurance Services and Mutual of America Financial Group to learn how to equitably maximize the value of your benefits spend and reach your recruitment and retention goals. Register here: https://hubs.ly/H0SF_F00

New York State recently passed legislation simplifying the Power of Attorney (POA) document and its execution. Every Power of Attorney executed on or after June 13, 2021 must comply with the new rules. The new laws leave health care facilities facing potential exposure when handling resident funds through the use of a POA.

In the Post-COVID environment, consumers focus on nursing home staffing as a core element in a facility’s ability to provide quality care and patient safety. The CMS Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) quarterly submissions are the basis for calculating the facility’s Nursing Home Compare Staffing Star rating and, starting in 2022, will be used to monitor compliance with the New York State Nursing Home minimum staffing standards that were signed into law on June 18, 2021.

In this webinar we will provide the following insights to successfully evaluate your submission process and how to meet your goals for your 5 Star rating while maintaining compliance with the New York requirements:

Sodexo’s ReAssure Program keeps senior communities safer by maintaining regulatory compliance and providing valuable safety reassurance to residents, families, and staff.

All webinars are approved for 1 NAB Credit for Nursing Home Administrators and Nurses. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on how to join the webinar. All webinars are recorded, archived, and posted on our website: www.pharmscript.com.

Nursing homes are typically master metered, meaning one electricity account encompasses the electricity usage for all residents in a building, rather than each resident having their own account. Community solar subscriptions are usually capped at a specific amount of demand (kW) per account. However, master metering allows a customer to circumvent this cap. A common cap for a direct metered account is 30kW. If the account is master metered, the customer can exceed this cap and be granted a subscription several times this amount, depending on the number of residents. With a larger subscription, the customer will see greater savings.