Last week, WHCA/WiCAL shared with members the news from DQA the Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) that the Agency has contracted with the firm Healthcare Management Solutions (HMS), to assist the Agency with performing nursing facility and hospital surveys. On Tuesday, DHS formally issued a notice to nursing facility and hospital operators of this development.
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WisCaregiver Careers recently released a series of 30-second versions of the program’s original promotional videos that are perfect for uploading to any social media platform. There are 9 different videos to choose from.
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Earlier this week, CMS issued guidance setting forth the process through which individual facilities, and statewide and countywide survey agency waivers could be approved when barriers exist that prevent the training, testing and certification of temporary and emergency nurse aides by the public health emergency (PHE) waiver sunset deadline of October 7th.
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AHCA/NCAL has a few federal legislative priorities that are gaining momentum in Congress, including: HR 7744, Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act, also known as the TNA Workforce Bill; S. 4381 Ensuring Seniors Access to Quality Care Act; and S. 1024 / H.R. 2255, The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act.
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There will be an outage of CMS system emails starting late Friday, September 2 until early morning Tuesday, September 6. CMS employees will not be able to access or receive email during the transition.
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services Bureau of Assisted Living (BAL) has shared updated compliance information and timelines for providers serving Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) residents.
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WHCA/WiCAL is pleased to continue celebrating the great work of Wisconsin’s hard-working long-term care providers with the
2022 Shining Star Awards.
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WHCA/WiCAL is pleased to continue celebrating the great work of Wisconsin’s hard-working long-term care providers with the
2022 Shining Star Awards.
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AHCA/NCAL has announces the opportunity for all AHCA/NCAL Quality Award Bronze and Silver recipients to continue to remain active in the Quality Award process. In order to remain active, a recipient will need to submit a Silver or Gold self-assessment or submit a next level application for the 2023 award cycle. Submission deadline for the self-assessment is January 26, 2023
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The Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) sponsors a quarterly educational forum to assist in keeping nursing homes updated with evolving RAI/MDS information and to provide an avenue for nursing home staff to ask RAI/MDS-related questions.
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The October 7 deadline for Emergency Nurse Aides to be placed on the Wisconsin nurse aide registry is six weeks away. Are your Emergency Nurse Aides positioned to be on the registry by that deadline? If not, make sure they take action as soon as possible.
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Recently, Department of Health Services (DHS) announced a new grant opportunity that will be open to Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) providers. There will be $30 million of ARPA funding available through two to three rounds of the grant.
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Approximately $14.5 billion of Phase 4 Payments has been distributed to more than 89,000 providers and 98 percent of applications have been processed. To date, more than $8 billion has been distributed through ARP Rural Payments and 99% of applications have been processed.
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This summer, CMS announced implementation of major changes to survey and enforcement. The changes will be effective in less than two months - October 24. NOW is the time to become equipped with the knowledge you and your staff will need to be prepared for a new post-Oct 24 survey world.
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Assisted living centers now have access to free COVID-19 testing for their staff and residents through December 31, 2022. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Operation Expanded Testing (OpET) program expanded access to free testing nationwide to now include assisted living communities, which previously targeted schools, shelters, and correctional facilities.
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