QSO Memo: Nursing Home Data and Care Compare Updates
Memo # QSO-24-14-NH Posting Date 2024-07-01 Fiscal Year 2024 Memorandum Summary Downloads QSO 24-14-NH
Minimum Staffing Standards Rule: Correction
Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting; Correction SUMMARY: This document corrects typographical and technical errors in the final rule that appeared in the May 10, 2024 Federal Register, entitled “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for …
NETEC Infection Prevention: Engineering Controls for LTC
Engineering controls can be implemented to isolate people from a hazard and provide protection for long-term care residents and staff. Engineering Controls for Long-Term Care
Updated Medicare Enrollment Guide for Institutional Providers, Including SNFs
This site includes access to a provider enrollment and certification roadmap: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/provider-enrollment-and-certification/enroll-as-an-institutional-provider
CDC NHSN LTCF State Veterans Homes COVID-19 Tool
The NHSN Long-term Care Facility Component supports the nation’s COVID-19 response through the LTCF COVID-19 Module. Facilities eligible to report data to NHSN’s COVID-19 Module include nursing homes/skilled nursing, long-term care for the developmentally disabled, and assisted living. In response to H.R. 7105 – Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020, …
CDC Infection Prevention: Targeted Assessment for Prevention (TAP) Strategy Toolkit
https://www.cdc.gov/healthcare-associated-infections/php/toolkit/tap-strategy.html AT A GLANCE ON THIS PAGE
CDC Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Program Resources
Infection Control Assessment and Response (ICAR) Tool for General Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Across Settings https://www.cdc.gov/healthcare-associated-infections/php/toolkit/icar.html AT A GLANCE ON THIS PAGE
CDC Viral Respiratory Pathogens Toolkit
https://www.cdc.gov/long-term-care-facilities/hcp/respiratory-virus-toolkit/index.html WHAT TO KNOW ON THIS PAGE
CDC/CMS Nursing Home Infection Preventionist Training
https://www.cdc.gov/long-term-care-facilities/hcp/training/index.html AT A GLANCE ON THIS PAGE Course link: https://www.train.org/cdctrain/training_plan/3814 Training resources
CDC Considerations for Reducing Risk: Water in Healthcare Facilities
https://www.cdc.gov/healthcare-associated-infections/php/toolkit/water-management.html KEY POINTS ON THIS PAGE