Survey, Clinical and Quality

Survey, Clinical and Quality CMS QSO Reminds Hospitals of Their Responsibilities When Discharging to Post-Acute Care: No action required from long term care providers in response to QSO.
June 12, 2023

Survey, Clinical and Quality DOH Webinar Describes Waiver and Equivalency Submission Guidelines for Fire Safety and Environmental Compliance: The webinar detailed processes for seeking an equivalency or waiver in response to deficiencies in compliance with fire safety and environmental regulations.
June 5, 2023

Survey, Clinical and Quality COVID Tracker Adds Test Result Data: CDC tool now includes information on laboratory test positivity rates.
May 30, 2023

Survey, Clinical and Quality CDC to Outline NHSN Reporting Changes: Nursing homes have four options to hear about upcoming June updates to the NHSN LTCF COVID-19 Module.
May 30, 2023

Survey, Clinical and Quality U.S. Senators Reintroduce Bill to Fix CNA Training Lockout: Currently, nursing homes assessed civil monetary penalties above a certain level on their annual survey automatically lose their authority to train staff to be CNAs for two years. Newly reintroduced legislation in the U.S. Senate and House would allow providers that have demonstrated their return to compliance to restart training programs rather than having to sit out a full two years.
May 22, 2023

Survey, Clinical and Quality CDC COVID Data Tracker Debuts New Look, Updated Data Points: Hospital data will be the leading source for monitoring prevalence of COVID-19.
May 16, 2023

Survey, Clinical and Quality DOH Issues DAL Regarding Waiver and Equivalency Submission Guidelines: DAL outlines new process; DOH to offer webinar.
May 16, 2023

Survey, Clinical and Quality LeadingAge NY to Host Regional Director of Nursing Council Meetings: Discussions to focus on nursing home survey and regulatory guidance.
May 15, 2023

Survey, Clinical and Quality Any Questions on Nursing Home Flu Reporting Due May 15th?: CMS is offering Office Hours sessions on flu vaccination reporting on May 10^th and 11^th.
May 9, 2023

Survey, Clinical and Quality Don’t Miss Training on Upcoming NHSN Reporting Changes: While nursing homes will need to continue weekly federal reporting of COVID-19 data, the CDC is reducing the number of data points collected.
May 9, 2023