The State Senate this week signed off on a bill titled the “APRN Modernization Act,” related to the scope of practice of certain RNs by allowing categories of Advance Practice Registered Nurses in Wisconsin.
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The federal public health emergency (PHE) related to the COVID-19 pandemic will likely continue into mid-July, according to DHS Assistant Administrator for Benefit and Service Delivery, Curtis Cunningham.
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On Tuesday, March 8, the Wisconsin State Senate passed
Assembly Bill 960, legislation which creates a penalty enhancer for battery to health care providers or workers who work in a health care setting. The bill passed the Assembly on February 23.
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Registration for WHCA/WiCAL's Annual Spring Conference & Expo is now open! Spring Conference will be a fun, engaging, and in-person experience for attendees with opportunities to network with long-term care professionals held at the Hyatt Regency & KI Convention Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin from April 6-8, 2022.
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The
2022 Direct Care Workforce Survey is available for providers to complete. Responses are due Friday, March 18th. Providers should complete this survey based on all direct care workforce payments received since June 2021.
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The U.S. Department of Labor
announced its effort for short-term “highly focused inspections” and enforcement in hospitals and nursing care facilities while they work to finalize a permanent healthcare standard. These inspections will be focused on protections for workers against COVID-19 hazards, and will be taking place from March 9th through June 9th of 2022.
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AHCA/NCAL’s Congressional Briefing is back in 2022 and it’s time to
register! Mark your calendars for June 6-7 and join AHCA/NCAL at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a
summary document for interim clinical considerations for the use of COVID-19 vaccines that are currently authorized or approved in the United States.
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Governor Tony Evers earlier this week signed two bills at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove to support service members and their families, while also helping to address Wisconsin’s workforce challenges.
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Earlier this month,
LTC Trend Tracker released the new customizable SNF Resident Characteristics report, which replaces the previous CASPER Resident report. This enhanced report provides users with a detailed overview of the organization’s resident characteristics and allows users to customize which measures that would like to see displayed. Registered users can create multiple, different, customized SNF Resident Characteristics reports within this report, as well as build, save, and schedule their customized SNF Resident Characteristics reports directly in their LTC Trend Tracker profile.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be holding a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call on Thursday, March 10th at 2:00 p.m. CST.
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Nursing Home providers are invited to attend quarterly communication forums hosted by the Division of Quality Assurance (DQA), Bureau of Nursing Home Resident Care (BNHRC) regional offices. BNHRC representatives will answer your questions and provide updates on citing statistics, COVID-19, and other areas of interest to nursing home providers.
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The recording to last Friday's AHC/NCAL member webinar detailing President Biden’s proposals for nursing homes and the Association’s response is
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The Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) is hosting the quarterly Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI)/Minimum Data Set (MDS) Educational Forum on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, from 1-2 p.m. The MDS Education Coordinator will address current MDS 3.0 topics relevant to nursing home providers.
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This week, we are pleased to introduce you to Leticia. In the video, Leticia shares about how she built a caring career and advanced from CNA to LPN.
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced an apprenticeship grant funding opportunity,
Apprenticeship Building America Grant Program. DOL is offering apprenticeship grant funding totaling $113 million to pay for worker apprenticeship programs, in an effort to bolster its
registered apprenticeship program.
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The American Health Care Association is pleased to announce that National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW) products and planning guide are now available at
nsncw.org.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has authorized the use of federal Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Reinvestment funds so federally certified nursing homes may purchase portable fans and portable room air cleaners with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA, H-13 or -14) filters to increase or improve air quality.
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Access to a physician via telemedicine can empower skilled nursing facility nurses to treat more residents in place, avoiding a stressful return to the emergency department. But connecting with a physician on video can be uncomfortable, and most nurses have never received telemedicine training. What conditions warrant a telemedicine visit? What is the best way to prepare for a telemedicine assessment? What types of conditions can be treated with the support of a telemedicine physician? And, most importantly, how can you train your frontline nurses to embrace telemedicine to deliver better care for residents when a doctor is not in the building? Get your questions answered and find out how you can support frontline nurses to partner with remote physicians to deliver optimal care.
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) is strongly encouraging nursing homes to report the number of skilled nursing facility (SNF) beds available in their location each day to EMResource as part of a bed tracking system. With the daily reports from nursing homes, DHS hopes the “SNF bed tracker” will provide a real time picture of bed availability across the state, which hospitals can use as they work to identify potential post-acute care placements for their patients.
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