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Focus F-Tag of the Week: §483.60-Food and Nutrition Services
Each week through October, AHCA will be focusing on a particular F-tag(s) to help providers break down the Phase 2 updates and Phase 3 new guidance.
§483.60-Food and Nutrition Services
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made changes to the §483.60-Food and Nutrition Services guidance. Changes include the following:
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F801-Qualified Dietary Staff. Regulation was updated to reflect additional qualifications that count toward meeting this requirement.
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F812-Food Procurement, Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary. Revisions to the separation of food distribution and food service, clarification of the definition for food distribution and food service, details on staff hair restraint use and details on staff glove use.
Be sure to order a copy of The Long-Term Care Survey, Phase 3 Guide by emailing Jennafer Sumner your desired quantity.
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Nursing Home Workforce, Medicare Advantage, Therapy Pay in Focus on Capitol Hill
While the spotlight on skilled nursing continues to shine bright, an election year has advocacy groups certain that legislative efforts will be pared down to just a couple key pieces Congress aims to tackle this fall. READ MORE
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Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Approval for children ages 5 to 11 years of age
Today, October 12, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUAs) of the Moderna COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccine to authorize their use as a single booster dose in younger age groups. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo expanding the use of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines to children ages 5 through 11 years. This follows the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorization.
The bivalent booster recommendation replaces previous booster recommendations for people ages 5 years and older. Therefore, the monovalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is no longer authorized as a booster dose for individuals 5 through 11 years of age.
Appointments for monovalent Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna boosters in individuals 5 years of age and older must be rescheduled for when locations have the bivalent COVID-19 vaccines available.
Click here to read the health alert for more information. Providers who have questions may contact the Kansas Immunization Program at kdhe.vaccine@ks.gov.
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Are you on KDADS’ List?
Click here for the list of facilities that have some outstanding issues with their Beneficiary Agreement and click here for the email blast sent out today by KDADS at 11:37am.
FYI – KDADS has been getting a steady number of calls since the email was sent. They are currently calling each of the 39 facilities that have not submitted any documentation.
Trescia Power
Program Finance Oversight Manager
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services
Long Term Services & Support
785-368-6685
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AHCA/NCAL President Says Long-Term Care Is Going To Survive Pandemic
McKnight’s Senior Living (10/11, Bonvissuto) reports, "Long-term care is going to survive. That’s the prediction President and CEO Mark Parkinson gave Monday during the opening general session of the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living Conference & Expo." Parkinson said, "One thing that I’m sure about and that I see very clearly is my prediction for you: You, your team and your company are going to survive this pandemic." The article adds, "Government assistance, occupancy recovery and a commitment to culture are among what the CEO cited as evidence that assisted living and skilled nursing providers have what it takes to emerge from the pandemic." Parkinson said evidence of recovery exists, "noting that one-third of providers no longer are using staffing agencies" and that "average occupancy is 5% below the pre-pandemic level." The article adds, "In remarks preceding Parkinson’s, NCAL Executive Director LaShuan Bethea reiterated the organizational priorities she shared Sunday during NCAL Day and challenged opening general session attendees to ‘choose to find joy in every day, especially when you aren’t having the best day’ in the year ahead." Also, "NCAL Board Chair Gerald Hamilton encouraged attendees to ‘see residents for who they are, what they are and what they need. Only then can you provide the best care.’"
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News (10/10, Marselas) reports Parkinson said, "The naysayers that were out there that said, ‘People will never come back to facilities, the sector will never survive,’ were simply wrong. ... Our services both in assisted living and skilled nursing facilities are critically needed, more people will need those services as the Boomers age, and we already have buildings that are in recovery." AHCA Board Chair Phil Fogg Jr. "addressed the staffing crisis," saying, "Knowing the difference that we’ve made in people’s lives is what attracts and keeps us in this profession, and that is true even when we are faced with the perfect storm of fighting the pandemic, managing through unprecedented workforce shortages and navigating the financial challenges of skyrocketing inflation without adequate reimbursement."
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White House: COVID treatments should be part of ‘routine’ clinical care at nursing homes
Nursing homes are on the front lines of not just preventing COVID-19, but also increasingly treating it, as more deaths from the disease shift from hospitals to that setting, officials say. READ MORE
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Do you follow us on social media?
These days there are so many different ways to stay connected with those we care about. Luckily, at KHCA/KCAL, we don't make you choose! Check us out across our different social media platforms. Give us a like or follow!
Convention pictures posted!
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Webinar: The Proficient Infection Preventionist Series: Expert Outbreak Management for the Infection Preventionist
10/18/2022 1:30PM-2:30PM
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Webinar: Survey Top 10 Citation Series - Survey Success! Avoiding Top Citations. #10 Top Citation: F758 Free from Unnecessary Psychotropic Meds/PRN Use
11/1/2022 1:30PM-2:30PM
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Joint Provider Surveyor Training
11/9/2022 8:30AM-4:00PM (Topeka)
11/10/2022 8:30AM-4:00PM (Wichita & Virtual)
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DON Boot Camp
11/14-17/2022 8:00AM-4:00PM
Olathe, KS
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Looking for options for required Staff In-Service?
KHCA’s online learning platform is BACK! We’ve loaded the in-services for SNF and for AL first. Many more education sessions to come.
Questions about education can be directed to Polly Berkley VP of Operations and Education.
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Kansas Health Care Association and the Kansas Center for Assisted Living
1100 SW Gage Blvd. | PO Box 4770 | Topeka, KS 66604
PH: 785-267-6003 FAX: 785-267-0833
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