Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters and Bioterrorism Trust for America’s Health has tracked public health emergency preparedness in the United States since 2003 and documented the nation’s level … + Read More
PBJ Question and Answers If a nurse is working 8 hours and the center reports 7.5 hours (due to the 30-minute meal time exclusion) will the provider be penalized for … + Read More
Emergency Planning Toolkit for the Aging and Disability Networks A new Capacity-Building Toolkit for Including Aging and Disability Networks in Emergency Planning is now available from the National Association of … + Read More
Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program: Free employee satisfaction survey The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a program designed to improve nursing home care for residents. CMS’ Civil … + Read More
CMS Adjusted Civil Monetary Penalties (CMPs) for Inflation CMS published a memo summarizing the inflation adjustments to the CMP amounts that may be imposed for noncompliance by nursing centers. The … + Read More
Important Reminder: E-verify Unavailable Due to the government shutdown, E-Verify is not available and the following policies have been implemented: The “three-day rule” for creating E-Verify cases is suspended for cases … + Read More
Region 6 – CMS Emergency Preparedness Boot Camp Region 6 providers are invited to attend the first CMS Emergency Preparedness Boot Camp for 2019 hosted by SETRAC … + Read More
CMS Hand in Hand: A Training Series for Nursing Homes Online The updated “Hand in Hand: A Training Series for Nursing Homes” is now available on the Centers for Medicare … + Read More
CDC’s Antibiotic Stewardship Training Series Now Available CDC’s Antibiotic Stewardship Training Plan is set up so that modules can be taken in any order. Each module can be taken outside … + Read More
Immunization and Consumer Education Residents and their families rely on health care providers to inform them of any pertinent vaccination needs. When discussing vaccinations, it’s important to share information about vaccine-preventable diseases, specified vaccination … + Read More
