WCCEAL Members - Satisfaction Surveys must be post marked by April 15th!

Reminder for all WCCEAL Members: It is time to generate and return the annual Satisfaction Survey. All satisfaction surveys must be postmarked by April 15, 2023.
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ICYMI: CMS Issues Guidance and Survey Process for Reviewing Home Dialysis Services in Nursing Homes REVISED 3/22/2023

In 2018, CMS issued guidance that addressed care at home provisions for nursing home residents that were receiving home dialysis. Since that time, CMS has received questions, comments, and feedback from the state survey agencies, the dialysis provider community, as well as other Federal and non-Federal stakeholders.
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ICYMI: Data Shows an Increased Spread of Candida auris in U.S. Health Care Facilities

On March 20, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a press release describing the increased spread of Candida auris (C. auris) in U.S. health care facilities. The CDC also noted a tripling in the number of cases in 2021 that were resistant to echinocandins, the antifungal most frequently used for treatment of C. auris.
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Keys to Employer Success: WisCaregiver Careers Webinar Recap

On Friday March 17^th, WisCaregiver Careers, a workforce training development program designed to address the CNA shortage in Wisconsin nursing homes, hosted guest speakers from partner employers with the highest levels of CNA trainees across the state to share their challenges and successes in the webinar: Keys to Employer Success: Strategies, Tips, and tricks from WisCaregiver Careers’ Most Successful Employers!
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WisCaregiver Careers Employer Toolkit is Available!

WisCaregiver Careers is delighted to share a bevy of recruitment resources to help you compete with the sophisticated competition in the CNA labor market. Our Employer Recruitment Toolkit puts the power of our statewide marketing campaign into your hands to bring your CNA recruitment efforts to the next level.
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New Consequences For Nursing Homes in Special Focus Facility Program

The Special Focus Facility (“SFF”) Program is an ongoing initiative in which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) selects a set number of nursing homes in each state as a Special Focus Facility. CMS generates a list of poor performing facilities in a state from recent survey results and shares that list with that state’s Survey Agency (“SA”) so that the SA can recommend which nursing homes should be made SFFs.
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