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The national reporting system for nursing homes to submit COVID-19 vaccination data has set webinar dates to review important changes to the system.

Nursing home operators are used to facing increasingly complex reporting requirements, so it comes as no small delight to them that officials could soon be dialing back on what’s mandated.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Thursday cleared up what officials called confusion about the types of skilled nursing facilities now required to report annual healthcare personnel influenza...

The National Healthcare Safety Network has modified its definition of “up to date” for long-term care facilities submitting their COVID-19 data to the system. Now it includes a booster shot.

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In addition to tracking and submitting extensive COVID-19 data to NHSN weekly and providing numerous data requests to surveyors, facilities now have to dedicate resources to populating a COVID-19 Staff...

Booster vaccinations are reducing COVID-19 cases among nursing facility residents, the CDC reports. But industry case counts are hovering at 4,000 per week, and it remains unclear how many U.S. facilities...

The future of quality-driven care is coming. Is your therapy team ready? Reviews of the FY 2022 SNF PPS Proposed Rule often highlight key areas related to data trending, lack of budget neutrality and forthcoming...

This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services presented some 2,500 nursing homes with quite a gift: an additional seven days to avoid a fine for missing a new vaccination reporting deadline....