CMS: Prioritization of Survey Activities
Today (March 23), CMS released guidance prioritizing and suspending most federal and state survey agency (SSA) surveys, and delaying revisit survey...
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Public Call for PPE Supplies
PPE supplies are running dangerously low in most long term care facilities. Many facilities and states are issuing calls for public donations. AHCA...
Read moreCommunicating After a Confirmed Case
It’s important to keep families and staff informed once you have confirmed a case of COVID-19 in your building. To help with communication to all s...
Read moreBeware COVID-19 Scams Selling PPE or Other Supplies
Providers are receiving vendor emails or other contact offering PPE supplies, and some may not be legitimate vendors or businesses. Please beware t...
Read moreInterim Guidance on SNFs Accepting Patients from Hospitals
AHCA is issuing interim guidance to help skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) make decisions about accepting hospital discharges to SNFs during COVID-...
Read moreRelief Package Passes the Senate, Signed by the President
Last night, the United States Senate passed and the President signed into law H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Within our se...
Read moreA Message from the President & CEO Mark Parkinson (AHCA/NCAL)
A Special Update on COVID-19 This could be the most challenging time in the history of our sector. Normally our work in D.C. relates to regulation...
Read moreCMS Issues Waivers of 3-Day Stay and Spell of Illness
On March 14, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two waivers to aid skilled nursing facilities in addressing the national C...
Read moreNational Emergency Declared: CMS Restricts all SNF Visitors Except End-of Life Situations
House Passes Relief Package, Goes to Senate Following a declaration of a State of Emergency by the President yesterday, the Centers for Medicare an...
Read moreNew Resources and a Note About Various Guidance Regarding Limiting Visitors
AHCA/NCAL has developed some additional guidance and resources to help you work with hospitals during this COVID-19 pandemic and to help communicat...
Read moreCMS Releases COVID-19 Medicare FFS and Medicare Advantage Plan Guidance
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released COVID-19 Medicare feefor-service (FFS) and third-party payer guidance – specifi...
Read moreImplement Environmental Infection Control – Cleaning & Disinfection
Preventing and mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in long term care centers is the top priority.Environmental infection control practices are essent...
Read moreSteps to Prevent COVID-19 from Entering Your Facility
Our top priority at this point is to prevent COVID-19 from getting into long term care facilities. AHCA/NCAL has developed new guidance documents f...
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