Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendation for Use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 2020 is the December 13, 2020 early release of CDC’s MMWR.
December 2020 quarterly refresh of LTCH QRP
The December 2020 quarterly refresh of LTCH QRP is now available on LTCH Compare as well as the Long-term care hospitals web pages within Care Compare (CCXP) and Provider Data Catalog (PDC). The data for assessment-based measures are based on quality assessment data submitted by LTCHs to CMS from Quarter … Read More
COVID-19 vaccine clinic program information for NHs
I listened to an extremely informative webinar hosted by CVSHealth/Omnicare on Monday, December 7, 2020. This webinar spoke very specifically to the steps leading up to and through Phase 1 of the COVID-19 Vaccination Program. This is the link to the 23 webinar slides for the Omnicare COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics – … Read More
Updates to the Nursing Home Compare website and Five Star Quality Rating System
December 4, 2020, CMS posted QSO 21-06-NH … Updates to the Nursing Home Compare Website and Five Star Quality Rating System. This 3-page QSO memorandum provides updates on the Health Inspection and Quality Measure domains of the Five Star Quality Rating System, and the transition to the new Care Compare … Read More
New codes for COVID-19
In an unprecedented move, the CDC has approved new codes for COVID-19 effective with dates of stay January 1, 2021 or later. Code changes are reserved for October 1 each year with April 1 as a date for emergency changes. April 1, 2020 was the effective date for the U07.1 … Read More