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E-News Update

Your Link to Long Term Care News in Massachusetts

July 3, 2020

   Featured Article

EOHHS Announces Long Term EOHHS Announces Long Term Care Facility Surveillance Testing Program – Supplemental Funding to Cover Testing Costs

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health released a memo specifying a surveillance testing strategy for all long-term care settings, including nursing homes, rest homes, and assisted living residences. Long term care providers should conduct new baseline testing of staff who previously tested negative no later than July 19, 2020, and adopt a surveillance testing program using this regimen. 

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   Provider Update

MassHealth NF Census for July 1 – New Filing Process through UMASS

MassHealth announced via an email to Nursing Home Administrators that it will be conducting its mandatory quarterly Nursing Facility Occupancy Survey for the July 1 census date. In the email, MassHealth indicated that the census survey will now be conducted on behalf of MassHealth by the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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CMS Announces Plans to End the Blanket Waiver Requiring Nursing Homes to Submit Staffing Data

On June 25th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans to end the emergency blanket waiver requiring all nursing homes to resume submitting staffing data through the Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) system by August 14, 2020.

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Op-Ed Recognizes Heroic Caregivers in Long Term Care

This week The Berkshire Eagle published an op-ed, “COVID stats don't measure courage, compassion” by William C. Jones, President of Berkshire Healthcare Systems and Past-Chair of the Mass Senior Care Association.

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CMS Updates ABN Form for Medicare Services

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN), Form CMS-R-131, which is issued by SNF and other providers submitting claims for Medicare items and services to beneficiaries in situations where Medicare payment is expected to be denied.

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CHIA Issues Nursing Facility Cost Report Forms and Instructions for Reporting Year 2019: Filing Due Date is September 15, 2020

CHIA Announces 2019 Cost Reports Are Now Available for Submission

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The Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development Issues Procurement

The Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has announced the availability of an additional $22M in special Emergency Solutions Grant COVID-19 (ESG-CV) Round Two funding to provide medium-term measures to address homelessness.

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Updates from the CDC

Updated Preparing for COVID-19 in Nursing Homes

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Wishing Everyone a Happy and Healthy Independence Day!

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In This Issue

  • EOHHS Announces Long Term EOHHS Announces Long Term Care Facility Surveillance Testing Program – Supplemental Funding to Cover Testing Costs
  • MassHealth NF Census for July 1 – New Filing Process through UMASS
  • CMS Announces Plans to End the Blanket Waiver Requiring Nursing Homes to Submit Staffing Data
  • Op-Ed Recognizes Heroic Caregivers in Long Term Care
  • CMS Updates ABN Form for Medicare Services
  • CHIA Issues Nursing Facility Cost Report Forms and Instructions for Reporting Year 2019: Filing Due Date is September 15, 2020
  • The Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development Issues Procurement
  • Updates from the CDC
  • Wishing Everyone a Happy and Healthy Independence Day!

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