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    • May 11, 2020

    HHSC Update: Guidance on Coordination with MCOs

    HHSC is reminding nursing facility providers of their contractual requirements to inform a member’s managed care organization service coo...
    State Update
    • May 7, 2020

    HHSC Update: CMS COVID-19 Guidance on Requirements for Notification

    The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released QSO-20-29-NH (PDF). The memo informs nursing facilities about the following: On May...
    AHCA/NCAL
    • May 4, 2020

    AHCA Update: CMS Issues Claims Processing Guidance Related to New COVID-19 ICD-10 Code

    AHCA reported to CMS an apparent glitch with implementing the U07.1 - 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease ICD-10 CM code when the five-da...
    AHCA/NCAL
    • May 4, 2020

    AHCA Update: FEMA PPE Supply to Nursing Homes

    FEMA will coordinate two shipments totaling a 14-day supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) to nursing homes across the nation. By...
    AHCA/NCAL
    • May 4, 2020

    AHCA Update: Updated CDC Guidance Released on Return to Work and Clinical Care

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released two updated guidances on April 30, 2020, around criteria for returning to w...
    AHCA/NCAL
    • May 1, 2020

    AHCA Update: CMS Reporting Requirements for COVID-19

    CMS Issues Interim Final Rule with New Requirements for COVID-19 Reporting for Nursing Homes Last night, CMS issued an interim final rule...
    State Update
    • May 1, 2020

    HHSC Update: Helping Residents with Dementia

    Strategies used to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are especially difficult for residents with dementia living in long-term care communiti...
    National Update
    • May 1, 2020

    CDC Update: Proper N95 Respirator Use

    When outbreaks of infectious disease occur, we rely on healthcare professionals to care for those affected, putting themselves at increas...
    AHCA/NCAL
    • May 1, 2020

    AHCA Update: CMS Issues Additional Blanket Regulatory Waivers

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued several new blanket waivers for long term care providers. The following b...
    AHCA/NCAL
    • Apr 30, 2020

    AHCA Update: Getting Started with NHSN Reporting on COVID-19

    On April 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) COVID-19 reporti...
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