ISDH-LTC Call – based on demand relative to the new testing requirements of QSO-20-38, there will be a call Thursday, September 17th, Noon-1:00 ET.
+1 463-900-4253 United States, Indianapolis (Toll)
Conference ID: 681 844 396#
 
Join LeadingAge Indiana Staff for Monthly HUD Member Regional Conference Call
Monthly calls feature Linda Couch, Vice President of Housing Policy and Juliana Bilowich, Director, Housing Operations and Policy at LeadingAge National. There is no cost to participate and the calls will be held monthly to give members the opportunity to receive important updates and engage on HUD issues. Thank you to our friends at LeadingAge Illinois for managing the logistics of the monthly calls.
Details at glance:
  • Calls will take place on the third Thursday each month from 12-1 p.m. CST – September 17, is the next one!
  • LeadingAge National and State Affiliate updates
  • Time for discussion and Q&A among the group
  • To participate, use “HUD Housing Call” in the subject line and send an email RSVP to: Jason Speaks jspeaks@leadingageil.org
If you have questions, please contact Tina Bowman at tbowman@leadingageindiana.org.

Provider Members Please use this MEMBER INFORMATION FORM to submit your information to LeadingAge Indiana by September 15.
Contact Tina Bowman at tbowman@leadingageindiana.org if you have questions.
From LeadingAge National
Will your community survive COVID financially? On Monday, September 14, Sean Beloud of St. Johns Retirement Village in California, will join the LeadingAge Coronavirus Update Call at 3:30 eastern time to talk through his community’s difficult decision to close its five star nursing home in order to preserve its assisted living program. You can register here for the call.  
 
Last Week’s Housing recap - Senior Housing Recap.
 
Last week’s Nursing home recap - Nursing Home Recap.
 
HHS Putting Final Touches on SNF Infection Control Incentive Payments Approach More information should be coming out this week, but it appears that HHS is looking at weighting the two measures: 80% for a nursing home’s ability to control its COVID infection rate in comparison to the rate of infection in the community; and 20% of the performance score on the mortality rate of those who acquired COVID while in the nursing home (but also a possible mortality rate threshold as a bar to any payment). LeadingAge will continue to rack this issue. 
 
BD Testing Machines. The BD machines are showing many false positives disproven by subsequent PCR negatives. Staff in Admiral Giroir’s office said that nursing homes experiencing false positives on BDs should report to either BD or to FDA, using this the link for the MedWatch portal. Also, BD has set up special direct number for providers to call ONLY about false positives
  • Call Sara Lewis at 207-522-7563 only for providers who experience multiple false positives (note: This number will likely be changed in the next few days).; or email BD at Technical_Services@bd.com
  • Members should continue to use these POC tests but we encourage members to follow the CDC guidance and algorithm on when to conduct confirmation testing of positive antigen tests. We also would encourage members to conduct confirmation testing with PCR test in other situations not covered by CDC guidance where asymptomatic residents or staff test positive with the antigen tests given the recent reports of false positives. 
  • If asymptomatic residents test positive with an POC antigen test, they should be placed into TBC and single room if possible but not moved to a COVID-19 (+) or cohorted with a known positive resident until confirmation testing with PCR is obtained.
  • BD has set up an investigation team. Among other activities, the team is conducting site visits to nursing homes with multiple false positives in several states. The team expects to have preliminary results by early next week.
  • We developed the attached list of Frequently Asked Questions, which we are using to respond to questions and you and your staff can use as well. We are not posting these or disseminating them at this time as we are still working with BD and federal agencies to investigate and see what changes in guidance may or may not be necessary.
  • BD offers this microsite and these training webinars which we encourage members to review if they are having concerns with accuracy to make sure they are following all the instructions correctly. 
Impact Nation 2020 - Virtual & Free
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From ISDH
Total positive cases: 105,804
Total deaths: 3,214
Total tested: 1,720,326
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