The Department’s Office for Civil Rights seeks to update HIPAA Security Rule for the first time since 2013 On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through its Office for Civil Rights (OCR), issued a proposed rule to improve cybersecurity and better protect the U.S …
FFS & MA NOMNC/DENC What’s New 11/18/2024: New NOMNC and DENC for Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved a revised Notice of Medicare Non-Coverage (NOMNC / CMS-10123) and Detailed Explanation of Non-Coverage (DENC / CMS-10124). Please note the updated NOMNC and DENC …
Quick Reference Guide: Re-Submitting COVID-19 Vaccination Data using the Person-Level Vaccination Forms Introduction This Quick Reference Guide (QRG) will provide information on using the Re-submit all changed weeks button for your facility’s person-level COVID-19 vaccination data (Residents/Healthcare Personnel [HCP]) if the summary counts for Residents/HCP have changed since you previously …
Upcoming proposed and final regulations from CMS, CDC, and other HHS entities https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaMain HHS/CDC Proposed Rule Stage Respirator Fit Capability Standard Test Method, Filter Shelf Life, and Application Requirements for Air-Purifying, Half-Mask Facepiece, Particulate Respirators 0920-AA77 HHS/CDC Final Rule Stage Approval Tests and Standards for Air-Purifying Particulate Respirators 0920-AA69 HHS/CDC …
Vaccination Updates for the Respiratory Virus Season Reporting Annual Healthcare Personnel Influenza Vaccination Data This is a friendly reminder that reporting annual influenza vaccination data among healthcare personnel (HCP) is required for CMS-certified free-standing acute care facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), critical access hospitals, long-term acute care facilities, prospective payment …
CMS created the Five-Star Quality Rating System to help consumers, their families, and caregivers compare nursing homes more easily. The Nursing Home Compare Web site features a quality rating system that gives each nursing home a rating of between 1 and 5 stars. Nursing homes with 5 stars are considered …
Use of Additional Doses of 2024–2025 COVID-19 Vaccine for Adults Aged ≥65 Years and Persons Aged ≥6 Months with Moderate or Severe Immunocompromise: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2024 Weekly / December 12, 2024 / 73(49);1118–1123 Summary What is already known about this topic? The …
Written by Kristine Martinez BSN, RN, RAC-CTA, QCP Completing a Minimum Data Set (MDS) correctly is no small task. With approximately 510 answers or choices on a comprehensive MDS (not including CAA investigation), and approximately530 answers or choices on a 5-day MDS, the potential for missed or miscoded information on any …
Memo #QSO-25-09-ALL Fiscal Year 2025 REVISION TO QSO-19-09-ALL REVISED ORIGINALLY RELEASED ON MARCH 5, 2019 • Core Appendix Q and Subparts – Appendix Q to the State Operations Manual (SOM), which provides guidance for identifying immediate jeopardy, has been revised. The revision creates a Core Appendix Q that will be …
Weekly / November 21, 2024 / 73(46);1052–1057 Summary What is already known about this topic? Nursing home residents are at increased risk for severe COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) illness. Vaccination reduces risk for severe outcomes from these vaccine-preventable respiratory diseases. What is added by this report? As of …
