On March 21, 2022, MassHealth will implement changes to the Eligibility Verification System (EVS) and the HIPAA Health Care Eligibility Benefit Inquiry and Response (270/271) transaction to include the additional benefit plans:
EOHHS Secretary Marylou Sudders recently released a letter addressed to families of long-term care residents. This letter includes guidance for families and visitors on keeping long-term care residents safe during visits.
We are pleased to inform members that the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) has begun the process of issuing the new 10% COVID-19 Supplemental Payments authorized under Administrative Bulletin 22-02: Payment Methodologies for New and Existing Nursing Facility Payments under 101 CMR 206.00: Standard Payments to Nursing Facilities.
Due to the popularity of the CMS National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call, CMS has upgraded the meeting link so that everyone can gain access. Please see new registration link.
Join the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for a National Stakeholder Call providing updates on COVID-19, revisions to nursing home guidance, and best practices, and the DPH updated the clinical guidance document on therapeutic treatments for COVID-19 that replaces the one issued on January 12, 2022.
Yesterday the DPH released updated guidance on the Implementation of Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Regarding Control of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities, and CMS made updates to the Long-Term Care Survey Process Procedure Guide effective January 27, 2022.
Today, Secretary Marylou Sudders released a letter addressed to families of long-term care residents, and on January 25, 2022 CMS issued memo QSO-22-10-ALL to all State Survey Agencies, requiring onsite surveyors - including CLIA and Life Safety surveyors - to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 or have an acceptable medical or religious exemption.