State and Federal Focused surveys are increasing in number as the focus on Infection Prevention and Control continues for our members. Join Mass Senior Care for this engaging presentation that will provide the participant with key leadership strategies to implement and operationalize the CMS COVID-19 Focused Survey.

Memorandum To: Mass Senior Care Members From: Tara M. Gregorio, President Re: COVID19 Updates: House Approves Surveillance Testing Amendment; Register Now for Friday’s Infection Control Webinar Date: June 24, 2020 House Approves Chairman Golden’s Surveillance Testing Amendment The House today engrossed a FY 2020 supplemental budget that included Representative Tom Golden’s amendment that would establish a state-funded, adaptive nursing facility surveillance testing program in the Commonwealth. Thank you to Mass Senior Care members who participated in our legislative action alert

Memorandum To: Mass Senior Care Members From: Tara M. Gregorio, President Re: COVID19 Updates: Register Now for Friday’s Infection Control Webinar; Weekly Call Reminders; Updated CARES Act Provider Relief Fund FAQ Date: June 23, 2020 Register for Infection Control Webinar on Friday, June 26th : Sustaining Successful Outcomes: From Audits to Action Plans to Performance Improvement Mass Senior Care Association will host a webinar this Friday, June 26 th , Sustaining Successful Outcomes: From Audits to Action Plans to Performance

Memorandum To: Mass Senior Care Members From: Tara M. Gregorio, President RE: COVID-19 Updates: EOHHS Updates FAQs for Interim Financial Report; Register Now for this Week’s Infection Control webinar Date: June 22, 2020 EOHHS UPDATES Interim Financial Report FAQ and Filing Instructions EOHHS has updated the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document and the Filing Instructions for the NF COVID-19 Supplemental Payment Interim Filing, for purposes of clarification. The additional 4 questions (#17 through #21) are listed at the end of

Memorandum To: Mass Senior Care Members From: Tara M. Gregorio, President Re: COVID-19 Updates: Signing Bonuses for Eligible New Hires; MassHealth Limited Coverage Expanded; Infection Control Webinar; National CNA Week Op-Ed Date: June 19, 2020 Signing Bonuses for Nursing Facility Staff – Enroll Eligible New Hires Thru Portal By Today MassHealth has issued Nursing Facility Bulletin 147, Signing Bonuses for Nursing Facility Staff and AB 20-48, in regard to signing bonuses for nursing facility staff. The Bulletin describes the procedures

Memorandum To: Mass Senior Care Members From: Tara M. Gregorio, President Re: COVID-19 Updates: Signing Bonuses for Eligible New Hires; MassHealth Limited Coverage Expanded; Infection Control Webinar; National CNA Week Op-Ed Date: June 19, 2020 Signing Bonuses for Nursing Facility Staff – Enroll Eligible New Hires Thru Portal By Today MassHealth has issued Nursing Facility Bulletin 147, Signing Bonuses for Nursing Facility Staff and AB 20-48, in regard to signing bonuses for nursing facility staff. The Bulletin describes the procedures

Webinar - Engaging Leadership: How to Hold Your Staff Accountable Mass Senior Care hosted a webinar on Friday, June 19, 2020 at 1:00 p.m., Engaging Leadership: How to Hold Your Staff Accountable. This session helps leaders learn how to be more productive and engage their team in sustaining Infection Prevention efforts by making them feel that their actions matter. Developing and assisting middle managers is one of the key strategies to this process. Learn more about 3 implementation strategies to

Memorandum To: Mass Senior Care Members From: Tara M. Gregorio, President Re: COVID-19 Updates: Interim Financial Report Excel Worksheet; MSCA Requests Continued COVID-19 Funding; Register Now for Tomorrow’s Infection Control Webinar Date: June 18, 2020 Interim Financial Report Excel Worksheet Template for Internal Use EOHHS has provided an Interim Financial Report EXCEL Worksheet template for facilities that wish to input the data internally before posting officially on the UMASS portal. The official filing must be filed by June 30 th

Memorandum To: Mass Senior Care Members From: Tara M. Gregorio, President Re: COVID-19 Updates: EOHHS Issues Interim Financial Report Template and FAQ; Register Now for Infection Control Webinar: Engaging Leadership: How to Hold Your Staff Accountable Date: June 17, 2020 EOHHS Issues Interim Financial Report Template and FAQ – (1) Users Must Register by June 19 th and (2) Filing Due on June 30 th EOHHS today issued the Interim Financial Report (1) Accounting Form Template, (2) COVID 19 Supplemental

Memorandum To: Mass Senior Care Members From: Tara M. Gregorio, President Re: COVID-19 Updates: NHSN Reporting Citations and CMPs Rescinded; CMS Nursing Home Webinar Now Open for Registration Date: June 16, 2020 NHSN Reporting Citations and CMPs Rescinded Some members have begun to receive notices in CASPER rescinding the F884 citation and Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) they were given for allegedly not reporting complete information to NHSN about COVID-19 in the standardized format and frequency specified by CMS and CDC