A quick note on ISDH Surveys … ISDH has indicated to the industry that all pre-public health emergency pending survey investigations should be concluded by November 30, 2020. Regularly scheduled 2020 annual surveys should begin starting December 1.

Extension of the nursing facility temporary 4.2% reimbursement rate increase - The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) is extending the 4.2% increase in Medicaid reimbursement rates for all Indiana nursing facilities through October 31, 2020.

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From LeadingAge National
Updates to NHSN reporting. CDC will soon be updating the COVID-19 module on NHSN to include data elements on flu vaccines. CMS confirmed that data elements on flu vaccines are not mandatory but are strongly encouraged. It would require regulatory action to make this reporting mandatory. We expect to see these new data elements in the next week or so. Providers should check out the Tables of Instructions located on the NHSN site under “Data Collection Forms and Instructions” to be sure they are responding appropriately to these and other data elements. Providers can also find instructions for increasing their SAMS level access on this site under “Enhancing Data Security.”

Final report on discordant COVID test results.  Here’s the final version of the report on the survey LeadingAge and AHCA did together on discordant test results (the topic we originally called “false positives.”)

New QuickCast: Resilience Strategy in Disruptive Times - In this week’s QuickCast, Olivia Mastery, JD, MPH, Collective Action Lab, outlines the five horizons of resiliency framework to help organizations explore opportunities for strategy and reform in the aging services provider community.
From ISDH
Total positive cases: 115,407
Total deaths: 3,340
Total tested: 1,963,006
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