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Monday, June 8, 2020

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23rd Annual Private Duty National Conference & Expo

Join hundreds of private duty executives for a 2½-day conference and expo packed with compelling, real-life examples of how private duty home care agencies can increase profits, retain caregivers, comply with wage-and-hour regulations and improve client care. Plus, get strategies, insights, and tools on November 9-11 at Paris, Las Vegas to help manage and grow your business.

Skilled Nursing Facility

CMS releases nursing home COVID-19 data and inspection results

The first round of COVID-19 data collected from nursing homes is now available on Nursing Home Compare. The data shows that as of May 31, about 13,600 (88%) of Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes had reported the required data to the CDC. Within these facilities, there are over 95,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases, and almost 32,000 …

Home Health

CMS releases FAQs on Medicare fee-for-service billing

CMS released Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Medicare fee-for-service billing. These FAQs are supplemental to those previously released by CMS in March. To view those, visit https://go.cms.gov/2yIS29R. CMS noted in the release that in many instances, the general statements of the FAQs referenced above have been superseded by COVID-19-specific legislation, emergency rules and waivers granted …

Featured Webinar

Upcoming webinar: Survey Success for Long-Term Care

During this 60-minute webinar, industry experts Reginald M. Hislop III, PhD, and Diane R. Hislop, RN, will review survey trends and help prepare providers for the new QIS-driven survey process. They will also teach participants how to develop a survey management program (including guidance for providing demonstrable evidence of compliance) and a cost-saving post-survey response …