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- 1. CDC Recommends Updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines for Fall/Winter Virus Season
- July 2, 2024
The CDC recommends that everyone ages 6 months and older receive an updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine and an updated 2024-2025 flu vaccine to protect against the potentially serious outcomes of COVID-19 and flu this fall and winter.
- 2. DOH Pauses Nursing Home/ACF HERDS Reporting for Juneteenth
- June 18, 2024
Reporting will resume on Thurs., June 20th.
- 3. CMS Issues Updated Enhanced Barrier Precautions FAQs
- June 4, 2024
Nursing home members advised to review updated FAQs.
- 4. LeadingAge National to CMS: Reduce Nursing Home COVID-Related NHSN Reporting
- June 4, 2024
In a letter to CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure, the association requested the reduction of COVID-related reporting requirements, aligning with the CDC's standard approach to COVID as a respiratory virus and its termination of hospital COVID reporting requirements.
- 5. Upcoming CDC Webinars on Enhanced Barrier Precautions and COVID-19 Vaccine Payment
- May 13, 2024
Nursing home members are encouraged to participate in the CDC’s enhanced barrier precautions townhall on May 22nd and vaccine payment webinar on May 30th.
- 6. Vaccine Clarification for Hospice Patients in Skilled Nursing Facilities
- April 9, 2024
CMS recently released a Medicare Billing Guideline for vaccination when an individual is in a skilled nursing facility.
- 7. CMS Requires Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes
- March 26, 2024
New QSO-24-08-NH incorporates Enhanced Barrier Precautions into infection control procedures for MDROs, aligning with nationally accepted standards.
- 8. Upcoming Federal Nursing Home Learning Opportunities
- March 26, 2024
The CDC is offering webinars on weekly COVID reporting and annual staff flu vaccination data submission, while CMS has scheduled an Open Door Forum covering several topics.
- 9. Next COVID-19 Relief Funding Reports Due March 31st
- March 19, 2024
The reporting period covers federal COVID-19 relief funds received in the second half of 2022.
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