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Response Requested: Did you receive the Point of Care Antigen test kits? If so, please let me know that you received them by dropping me a quick email. eessley@leadingageindiana.org.
From LeadingAge National
Coronavirus Online Policy Update, with David Grabowski on Monday, August 17 at 3:30 PM ET. David will talk about his research and his observations on the impact of the crisis and his thoughts about how nursing homes can weather the coming months.
HHS Provider Relief Fund Application Webinar Update: Medicare providers who may have applied previously for additional General Distributions dollars, will need to reapply through this new portal if they believe they have not received the full 2% of patient services revenue in payments. Providers have until 11:59 p.m. ET on August 28 to submit their Tax Identification Number(TIN) for validation (which is essentially the first step in the process toward receiving payments). The validation process can take about 10-15 days. The remaining steps can be completed once the TIN is validated
Read all our Member Ideas & Inspiration stories, including a new workforce story, Staff Volunteers to Fill in as Direct Care Workers During the Pandemic.
This may trigger additional concerns or questions of providers. If so, please feel free to contact LeadingAge Indiana (Eric Essley, eessley@leadingageindiana.org).
ISDH encourage all LTCF to take advantage of flu vaccinations this fall. They are asking Hoosiers to do all that we can to limited additional infections as we still work through the COVID pandemic.
Total positive cases: 78,632
Total deaths: 2,906
Total tested: 886,489
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