Post-training materials are now available for the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Quality Reporting Program (QRP): Achieving a Full Annual Payment Update (APU) webinar that was presented on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.

Meet Dianne Ferraro who is one of the 45,000 dedicated caregivers working on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic to protect and care for the Commonwealth’s nursing home residents. Dianne is a Nurse Unit Manager at Alliance Health at Rosewood in Peabody.

Massachusetts Senior Care Association is excited to participate in the upcoming observance of National Skilled Nursing Care Week (NSNCW), which will be held May 9-15, 2021.

Mass Senior Care is offering several webinars on important COVID-19 related topics, including life safety code, employment leaves and rebuilding census. Please click on the links below to register or email lnguyen@maseniorcare.org if you have any questions.

Members are notified that DPH has updated the guidance on Long-Term Care Surveillance Testing, MassHealth has scheduled a webinar on Monday, May 10th, 2021, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST in regard to providing guidance to providers on how to make adjustments to the PPA for period of April 2020 through November 2020, as per MassHealth Bulletin 155 on HPPD staffing reporting, CHIA is required to send to individual nursing facilities a summary of the HPPD information submitted by the facility for the previous quarter, and in coordination with partner organizations including Mass Senior Care, the MHA Post-Acute Transitions of Care & Emergency Preparedness (PATCEP) Workgroup has developed guidance and recommendations to hospitals regarding COVID-19 testing prior to discharging patients to post-acute care settings.

It is Mass Senior Care’s understanding that state regulators are receiving an increased number of complaints from families who are expressing concerns about visitation policies. Mass Senior Care would like to remind members of the need to continue to comply with the DPH Visitation Guidance.

MassHealth has scheduled a webinar on Monday, May 10, 2021, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST in regard to providing guidance to providers on how to make adjustments to the PPA for period of April 2020 through November 2020.

In accordance with MassHealth Nursing Facility Bulletin 163, CHIA will be deploying an updated CHIA Submissions portal used to submit staffing hours data on Monday, May 3rd. Also, county positivity rates released by DPH on April 28, 2021 indicates Barnstable County has remained 5% at 6.61%.

Mass Senior Care is offering several webinars on important COVID-19 related topics, including life safety code, employment leaves and rebuilding census. Please click on the links below to register or email lnguyen@maseniorcare.org if you have any questions.