Join WHCA/WiCAL, members of Wisconsin’s long-term care community, and valued partners at the 71st Annual Fall Convention & Gold Partner Expo. WHCA/WiCAL will be returning to the beautiful and scenic Osthoff Resort in Elkhart Lake, October 19-21.
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CMS ended the section of the 1135 waiver that permitted the employment of temporary and emergency nurse aides on June 6, ending the temporary nurse aide program in Wisconsin on June 6 and giving emergency nurse aides four months to become a certified nursing assistant (CNA), as dictated in statute.
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WHCA/WiCAL has published a resources page for providers related to survey/enforcement changes published in CMS
QSO-22-19-NH, published June 29, 2022.
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WCCEAL is recognized by the Bureau of Assisted Living and Managed Care Organizations (MCOs). It is also being reviewed by national organizations. Join us and be part of an elite group of Assisted Living providers.
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At the start of the pandemic, some but not all of the SARS-CoV-2 Point-of-Care (POC) Antigen (Ag) tests were limited to use on individuals who are symptomatic. Thus, in December 2020, CMS released a memo saying it would use enforcement discretion to allow providers with CLIA Certificate of Waiver to use these tests outside of the FDA approved manufacturer’s use. CMS has now rescinded this memo as many POC Ag tests are now approved for both symptomatic patients AND serial screening of asymptomatic patients.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released updates to infection control guidance. In turn, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) updated its own guidance for nursing homes in those subject areas to align with CDC's new recommendations.
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Superior Health will provide 300 skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)
access to Real Time through October 2024 at
no cost.
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Senior members of the AHCA Quality & Regulatory team reviewed recent updates to COVID-19 guidance for nursing homes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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DQA hosted a webinar for Nursing Home providers and stakeholders earlier this week. During this webinar, DQA provided information on Phase 3 updates to the federal regulations and updates to State Operations Manual Chapter 5 related to complaints and facility reported incidents.
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Starting October 25, 2022,
WisCaregiver Careers will host a free webinar series on how to build or expand your peer-to-peer CNA mentorship program. The webinar series will teach participants how to implement a successful model program specific to the long-term care setting.
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The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) will launch its
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Adult HCBS
Minimum Fee Schedule Provider Cost Survey in
early October 2022. You’re invited to participate. DHS will use survey data to develop a minimum fee schedule for select home and community-based services (HCBS) in the Family Care and Family Care Partnership programs.
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The October 7 deadline for Emergency Nurse Aides to be placed on the Wisconsin nurse aide registry is a little more than a week 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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CMS will update quality measure (QM) rating thresholds on the Nursing Home Compare
website every six months
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