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CMS Requires Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes

New QSO-24-08-NH incorporates Enhanced Barrier Precautions into infection control procedures for MDROs, aligning with nationally accepted standards.

March 26, 2024

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Upcoming Federal Nursing Home Learning Opportunities

The CDC is offering webinars on weekly COVID reporting and annual staff flu vaccination data submission, while CMS has scheduled an Open Door Forum covering several topics.

March 26, 2024

Survey, Clinical and Quality

Level 3 SAMS Security Access Now Required for All NHSN Users

To complete the upgrade to Level 3 access and resume reporting capabilities, NHSN users should email nhsn@cdc.gov with the subject line “Enhancing Security Data – Level 3.”

March 11, 2024

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CDC Offering Refresher on Nursing Home Staff Flu Vaccination Reporting

Webinar outlining the requirement to report data through the NHSN by May 15th will be rebroadcast in February, March, and April.

February 27, 2024

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NHSN Will Be Unavailable Feb. 23rd through 25th

Outage will prevent nursing homes from submitting data during scheduled upgrade.

February 15, 2024

Survey, Clinical and Quality

Moving Forward Coalition to Host Free Webinar on Improving Nursing Home Environments to Impact Quality

The webinar will be held on Thurs., Feb. 22nd at 2 p.m. ET.

February 6, 2024

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SNF Provider Preview Reports Are Now Available in iQIES

Providers have until Feb. 15th to review data that will be publicly reported on Care Compare during the April 2024 refresh.

January 29, 2024

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HHS Issues Guidance to Prevent Discrimination in Visitation

The HHS Office for Civil Rights issued a Dear Colleague Letter and FAQs to remind hospitals and long term care facilities of their obligations to ensure that visitation policies do not discriminate on the basis of religion or against other protected classes.

January 29, 2024

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PBJ Data Due Feb. 14th

CMS recommends that providers allow sufficient time to download and review validation reports prior to the deadline.

January 23, 2024

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CMS Releases Draft MDS 3.0 Item Sets Version 1.19.1

The Item Sets will go into effect Oct. 1, 2024 and, along with a change document and Item Matrix, can be downloaded on the MDS 3.0 RAI Manual website.

January 12, 2024
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