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2012 Administrator Alerts

Nursing Facilities

Nursing Facilities

05/11/2012 - Civil Money Penalty Payment Address Process Change
05/01/2012 - Data Entry for MDS 3.0 - QIES Announcement
04/20/2012 - SAFETY ALERT: Window Blind Cords (Important - Please Read!)
04/06/2012 - Instructions Concerning Waiver of Specific LSC Requirements, Effective Immediately
- Supporting document - Application for Culture Change Waiver
- Supporting document - Survey and Certification Letter 12-21-LSC
03/30/2012 - Reimbursement Request Online-NATCEP Update
- Supporting document - NATCEP Online Reimbursement Request April 2012 Guide
03/15/2012 - Nursing Facility Licensing Program Update
02/28/2012 - Nursing Facilities with Generators - Requirements for Load Bank Testing Compliance
02/03/2012 - DMAP Claim Unit Update for Nursing Facilities - Conference Call
02/02/2012 - New online Nursing Assistant Training and Competency Evaluation Program Reimbursement System
- Supporting document - registration information
01/19/2012 - Nursing Facilites - Severe Weather Conditions
01/19/2012 - Nursing Facilites - Extreme Weather Conditions
01/18/2012 - Billing Clarification: Nursing Facility license renewal invoices
01/05/2012 - IMPORTANT PLEASE READ: Change to the DHS CNA Staffing Reporting E-mail Address

Residential Care, Assisted Living and Memory Care Communities

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05/11/2012 - Civil Penalty Address Change
04/19/2012 - Communicating with Case Managers
03/15/2012 - Diagnosis Exceptions for Memory Care Communities
02/28/2012 - CBC News Hour
02/07/2012 - Guidance for Successful Resident Transitions
02/02/2012 - Training for Caregivers in CBCs
- Supporting document - CBC Caregiver Training Record Review and Interview C370
01/19/2012 - CBC - Severe Weather Conditions

Administrator Alert Archives

2011 Alerts

Nursing Facilities

12/13/2011 - Accessing Five Star Report Preview Information
12/05/2011 - Smoking Safety in Certified Nursing Facilities
- Supporting document - Smoking App D Fire & Life Safety
- Supporting document - S&C - Smoking Safety in Long Term Care Facilities
12/05/2011 - Holiday Decor Guidelines and Life Safety Guide (July 2011)
- Supporting document - Fire & Life Safety Practices OSFM Manual July 2011
- Supporting document - Holiday Decor & Fire Safety Guides
12/01/2011 - Making Oregon Vital for Elders (M.O.V.E) / Survey Monkey
11/30/2011 - New On-Line Training Available: Fire and Life Safety for Health Care Providers
- Supporting document - iLearnOregon - How to Create a New Account for Non-State Employees
11/28/2011 - Webinar Training Invitation for the New NATCEP Online Reimbursement System
- Supporting document - Registration Information
11/22/2011 - Cancellation - 12/13/2011 MMIS Nursing Facility Update Conference Call
11/15/2011 - New Online Nursing Assistant Training and Competency Evaluation Program Reimbursement System
11/10/2011 - Nursing Facility Mandatory Sprinkler Requirement
11/08/2011 - Based Care Facility Assignment List
11/07/2011 - NF Resident Room Microwave Ovens - Requirements for Compliance
11/02/2011 - Telephone Townhall
- Supporting document - Alzheimer's Association - Phone Town Hall
10/31/2011 - Nursing Facility 2012 License Renewal
- Form 0466
- Form 0466D
- Form 0466C
10/27/2011 - Tobacco Cessation Supports for Nursing Facility Residents and Staff
10/24/2011 - MDS/RAI Training for Nursing Facility Staff
- 10/24/2011 - Attachment
10/04/2011 - Admin Alert Revisions to MDS 3.0 User's Manual
09/28/2011 - Notice of Transfer, Notice of Denial of Readmission/Return
09/26/2011 - Affordable Care Act Mandate Section 6121 - Nurse Aide Training in Nursing Homes
- Supporting document - S&C: 11-35-NH
09/14/2011 - Training Opportunity for Long Term Care Providers - October 13 & 14, 2011
- Supporting document - Differential Diagnosis in Geriatric Mental Health Brochure
- Supporting document - Differential Diagnosis Training Registration Form
09/02/2011 - Request for Input on State Alzheimer's Plan
09/02/2011 - Nursing Facility Complex Medical Add-On Billing (Important - Please Read!)
08/17/2011 - Learn about HIPAA 5010 implementation at the September MMIS Update
08/05/2011 - CANCELLATION of Nursing Facility Quarterly News Hour for August 8, 2011
07/15/2011 - Nursing Facility Program Medford Surveyor Office Announcement
06/27/2011 - NATCEP: New Nursing Assistant Reimbursement Form - SDS 0451B
- Supporting document - New SDS 0451B form
06/23/2011 - Window Blind Cord(s)
06/22/2011 - CHANGED - Nursing Facility Monthly MMIS Update Conference Calls Meeting Dates
06/02/2011 - Nursing Assistant Training and Competency - SPD 0451
- Supporting document - Instructions for completing SPD 0451 form - SPD 0451A
06/02/2011 - Evaluation Program - NATCEP
05/31/2011 - CORRECTION to Supporting Documents for Complex Medical Add-On Change in Process
- Supporting document - CORRECTED Monthly CMAO Add-On Report
- Supporting document - CORRECTED CMAO Quick Reference
- Supporting document - CORRECTED CMAO Timeline
05/26/2011 - Complex Medical Add-On Change in Process
- Supporting document - Monthly CMAO Add-On Report
- Supporting document - CMAO Quick Reference
- Supporting document - CMAO Timeline
05/09/2011 - Nursing Facilities Quarterly News Hour rescheduled
05/06/2011 - CANCELLATION of MMIS NF Update Conference Call for May 10, 2011
04/25/2011 - CORRECTION Complex Medical Add-on Conference Call Number for April 25, 2011
04/21/2011 - Complex Medical Add-on Authorization Process
- Supporting document - Complex Medical Add-on 2011-2012 Time Line
04/12/2011 - Medicaid NF Contracts, Direct Deposit Required for New/Renewal (Important - Please Read!)
- Supporting document - DHS DE0189 (Word)
03/23/2011 - MDS Update
03/23/2011 - Referral of Individuals to Receive Information about Community Options
- Supporting document: Sec Q Referral Form (Word)
03/15/2011 - Training Announcement
- 03/15/2011 - Attachment
03/01/2011 - CMS Policy
- 03/01/2011 - Supporting document: Attachment A
02/28/2011 - SNF Coinsurance Claims Q & A
02/22/2011 - Nursing Facility Claims-Timely Submission of Claims Exception
- Supporting document: Past timely filing deadline form
02/16/2011 - M.D.S. Version 3.0 Training
- Supporting document: Registration information
- Supporting document: Fax Registration form
02/08/2011 - Nursing Facilities Quarterly News Hour - Feb. 10, 2011
01/18/2011 - PowerPoint for QIS Conference Call Jan. 19, 2011
- Supporting document: PowerPoint for QIS Conference Call
01/14/2011 - QIS Conference Call Jan. 19, 2011
01/03/2011 - QIS Stakeholder call

Residential Care, Assisted Living and Memory Care Communities

11/29/2011 - 12/1/2011 CBC Licensing Renewals
11/08/2011 - Based Care Facility Assignment List
11/02/2011 - Telephone Townhall
- Supporting document - Alzheimer's Association - Phone Town Hall
10/11/2011 - CBC Smoking Cessation Survey
09/29/2011 - CBC Website
09/21/2011 - CBC News Hour Webinar - Reminder
09/20/2011 - Community Nursing Network Annual Conference
09/14/2011 - Training Opportunity for Long Term Care Providers - October 13 & 14, 2011
- Supporting document - Differential Diagnosis in Geriatric Mental Health Brochure
- Supporting document - Differential Diagnosis Training Registration Form
09/02/2011 - Request for Input on State Alzheimer's Plan
09/02/2011 - Protocols for Interim Administrators
08/30/2011 - CBC News Hour Webinar
08/25/2011 - CBC Fire Marshal Inspection Renewals
- Supporting document: Fire Marshal Inspection Form MSC210
08/11/2011 - New Involuntary Move-Out forms for CBC Facilities
- Supporting document: 30 Day Involuntary Move-out
- Supporting document: Less Than 30 Day Involuntary Move-out
- Supporting document: Administrative Hearing Request
08/08/2011 - CBC New Administrator Reference Summary
07/21/2011 - CBC News Hour Webinar Testing
07/05/2011 - CBC Interim Manager
- Supporting document: CBC Assignment List
06/23/2011 - Oral Health Resources Inventory Survey
- Supporting document: Oral Health Resources Inventory Cover Letter
06/06/2011 - CBC Medford Survey Office Announcement
05/12/2011 - Emergency Response Protocols for CBCs
04/20/2011 - Secured vs. Unsecured Facilities, A reminder
04/07/2011 - Direct Deposit Required for New/Renewal CBC Contracts (Important - Please Read!)
04/01/2011 - Tuberculosis (TB) Testing
03/22/2011 - CBC News Hour, March 24, 2011
03/15/2011 - Licensing Renewal Reminder
03/10/2011 - Amended: Redistribution of Residential Care and Assisted Living Facilities
- Supporting document: New Facility List
02/10/2011 - Licensing Renewals
- Supporting document: Directions to complete Fire Marshal Inspection form MSC 210
- Supporting document: Provider Checklist Renewal Application
02/10/2011 - Community Based Care News Hour
02/02/2011 - Amended: Redistribution of Residential Care and Assisted Living Facilities between Policy Analysts
02/01/2011 - Redistribution of Residential Care and Assisted Living Facilities between Policy Analysts

2010 Alerts

Nursing Facilities

12/30/2010 - Nursing facility monthly MMIS update conference calls January-December 2011
12/15/2010 - Nursing Assistant Quarterly Staffing Report
- Supporting document: Staffing Report (Excel)
12/10/2010 - RAI/MDS Training for Beginners
12/06/2010 - Memory Care Community administrative rules
- Supporting document: Memory Care Community administrative rules FAQs
12/01/2010 - Security Update Required - QIES, MDS, CASPER Users
11/18/2010 - MDS Security Update
- Supporting document: QTSO Memorandum
11/16/2010 - MDS 3.0 Vendor Call - 11/18/10 - CMS strongly recommends that all vendors participate
11/16/2010 - NF Quarterly News Hour 11/17/10
10/26/2010 - New Forms for Memory Care Communities
- Supporting document: Memory Care Community Endorsement application (SE0940 Word)
- Supporting document: Uniform Disclosure Statement - Memory Care Communities (SE909MC Word)
10/22/2010 - Quality Tools for Daily Care
- Supporting document: Registration form
10/20/2010 - MDS 3.0 Assessment Submission and Processing Problem - CMS Alert
10/07/2010 - Skilled nursing facilities update - Coordination of care for OHP clients enrolled with Kaiser-Permanente PCO (from the Division of Medical Assistance Programs)
10/06/2010 - MDS 3.0 ASAP (Assessment Submission and Processing) System
10/01/2010 - 2011 Nursing facility license renewal
09/30/2010 - Referral of individuals to receive information about community options
- Supporting document: Referral form (Word)
09/22/2010 - Memory care community rules training
09/16/2010 - Nursing facility monthly MMIS update conference calls Sept. - Dec. 2010
- Supporting document: Conference call agenda
09/16/2010 - Web browser addition required by Nov. 12, 2010, to access MDS 3.0 submissions and QIES reports, including CASPER reports
09/10/2010 - Memory care community rules training
09/09/2010 - Change of Effective Date for Memory Care Community Rules
09/03/2010 - Memory care community rules training update
09/02/2010 - Witnessing advance directives in a nursing facility
08/31/2010 - Infection control
08/30/2010 - Memory care community rules
- Supporting document: Training registration
08/27/2010 - Required Reporting and Prior Authorization for Medicaid Residents
- Supporting document: Nursing facility residents change in status form (SE0462 - Word)
08/19/2010 - Nursing facility news hour
08/04/2010 - Monthly MMIS Update conference call
- Supporting document: MMIS/NF Update conference call agenda
07/13/2010 - Clarification: Haircuts for medicaid residents and the bundled rate - Corrected 7/19/2010
07/09/2010 - Delay of Implementation of Summary of Emergency Plans
07/08/2010 - Extreme heat alert
- Supporting document: Extreme heat - a prevention guide
- Supporting document: Recommendations to health facilities for handling heat in summer months
07/02/2010 - Licensing Update
06/21/2010 - M.D.S. Version 3.0
- Supporting document: Registration form - Aug. 17, 2010
- Supporting document: Registration form - Aug. 24, 2010
- Supporting document: Registration form - Sept. 9, 2010
- Supporting document: Registration form - Sept. 30, 2010
- Supporting document: Registration form - Oct. 7, 2010
06/11/2010 - June 16, 2010 NF News Hour
06/01/2010 - Culture Change Initiative
05/24/2010 - Complex medical add-on billing - Permanent solution
- Supporting document: Complex Medical Add-On Billing - Permanent Solution
05/20/2010 - Long-term care & third party insurance billing
05/19/2010 - Webinar - Workarounds for SNF coinsurance claims
05/17/2010 - Nursing facility quality indicator survey (QIS) update
- Supporting document: Priority order of quality indicator survey (QIS) national implementation in states
05/10/2010 - Invitation for applications - SPD nursing facility Culture Change Initiative
04/29/2010 - Required Postings and Forms
04/26/2010 - Transitional Care & Pressure Ulcers Project Toolkit
04/21/2010 - M.D.S. Version 3.0
- Supporting document: Registration form, Thursday June 3, Medford
- Supporting document: Registration form, Tuesday June 15, Salem
- Supporting document: Registration form, Tuesday July 8, Eugene
- Supporting document: Registration form, Thursday July 29 & Friday July 30, Tualatin
04/08/2010 - MMIS Update - Conference call
- Supporting document: Admin Alert list
- Supporting document: Agenda for April 9 conference call
- Supporting document: Nursing Facilities and the MMIS Survey - March 2010
03/31/2010 - Emergency Preparedness Survey
03/31/2010 - Plan of Care, NFC Benefit, Liability Issues for Nursing Facility Claims
- Supporting document: DM and AAA Contract roster (Excel)
03/29/2010 - M.D.S. Version 3.0
- Supporting document: Training brochure & registration form April 27, 2010
- Supporting document: Training brochure & registration form May 19, 2010
- Supporting document: Training brochure & registration form May 25, 2010
03/24/2010 - Complex Medical Add-On Billing-Temporary Solution
- Supporting document: Attachment A
- Supporting document: Attachment B
03/24/2010 - Nursing Assistant Staffing Program for Nursing Facilities-Update
- Supporting document: Quarterly Report and Audit Process
03/11/2010 - Corrected Alert - Disregard Administrator Alert sent on February 10, 2010. Topic: Census
03/11/2010 - SNF Coinsurance Webinar for Web portal claims submission
02/26/2010 - Nursing facility MMIS update-SNF coinsurance
- Supporting document: Skilled nursing facility web portal billing guide
02/18/2010 - Nursing Facility MMIS Update-SNF Coinsurance (EDI)
02/10/2010 - Census Information for providers
02/03/2010 - M.D.S. Version 3.0 training plan
02/03/2010 - Nursing facility MMIS update - SNF Coinsurance
- Supporting document: SNF 2010 Rollout calendar (Excel)
- Supporting document: UB-04 Paper Billing Guide
01/29/2010 - Nursing facilities SNF coinsurance interim payments and MMIS update
01/28/2010 - 2010 Innovative Practice Program - invitation to participate
01/22/2010 - Skilled Nursing Facility Co-insurance Claims Update
01/19/2010 - Nursing facility program unit update
01/07/2010 - Revised Forms: Notice of Transfer, Notice of Denial of Readmission/Return
01/06/2010 - MMIS Update - Skilled nursing facility coinsurance claims - conference call
01/06/2010 - Nursing facility quarterly staffing report updated
- Supporting document: Quarterly staffing report updated (Excel)

Residential Care, Assisted Living and Memory Care Communities

12/20/2010 - Community Based Care
12/08/2010 - Direct Deposit Reminder
12/06/2010 - Memory Care Community administrative rules
- Supporting document: Memory Care Community administrative rules FAQs
11/23/2010 - Reminder - Community Based Care News Hour
11/01/2010 - Community Based Care News Hour
10/26/2010 - New Forms for Memory Care Communities
- Supporting document: Memory Care Community Endorsement application (SE0940 Word)
- Supporting document: Uniform Disclosure Statement - Memory Care Communities (SE909MC Word)
09/22/2010 - Memory care community rules training
09/10/2010 - Memory care community rules training
09/09/2010 - Change of effective date for memory care community rules
09/03/2010 - Memory care community rules training update
08/30/2010 - Memory care community rules
- Supporting document: Training registration
08/04/2010 - Community based care news hour
07/14/2010 - Revised rule training
- Supporting document: Rule training - Chapter 411 Division Division-054 Residential Care and Assisted Living Facilities
07/09/2010 - Delay of Implementation of Summary of Emergency Plans
07/09/2010 - Coordination of Care
- Supporting document: Coordination between ALF/RCF, Home Health and Hospice
07/09/2010 - CBC News Hour Tele-conference - August 12, 2010
07/08/2010 - Extreme heat alert
- Supporting document: Extreme heat - a prevention guide
- Supporting document: Recommendations to health facilities for handling heat in summer months
06/30/2010 - New Rules Effective, July 1, 2010
06/24/2010 - Direct Deposit
05/27/2010 - Pilot Project for Survey Revisits
04/26/2010 - Transitional Care & Pressure Ulcers Project Toolkit
04/19/2010 - CBC News Hour Tele-conference - May 6,2010
03/31/2010 - Emergency Preparedness Survey
03/22/2010 - Urgent: New implementation date for criminal record checks in all community based care facilities
03/11/2010 - Corrected Alert - Disregard Administrator Alert sent on February 10, 2010. Topic: Census
02/19/2010 - Join us for our first CBC News Hour
02/10/2010 - Census Information for providers
01/29/2010 - License renewal and House Bill 2442
01/28/2010 - 2010 Innovative Practice Program - invitation to participate
01/28/2010 - Emergency rule amendments effective January 1, 2010

2009 Alerts

Nursing Facilities

12/28/2009 - Advancing excellence nursing home quality campaign
12/23/2009 - Nursing facility coinsurance claims - Status update
12/23/2009 - Complex medical add-on billing
- Supporting document: Complex medical spreadsheet (Excel)
12/22/2009 - Increase in licensing fees - clarification
12/15/2009 - MDS 3.0 Webcast
12/10/2009 - Complex medical add-on process
12/09/2009 - Process change for long-term care insurance billing
12/07/2009 - 2010 Nursing facility license renewal - credit check consent form
- Supporting document: Credit check authorization form
11/17/2009 - 2010 Nursing facility license renewal process
10/23/2009 - Complex medical add-on level of care adjustments and provider inquiries
10/20/2009 - MMIS Update - Nursing facility conference call
10/08/2009 - MMIS Training - Nursing facility billing
- Supporting document: Training registration form
10/02/2009 - Revised Nursing Facility Rules - Emergency Preparedness and Smokefree Workplace Compliance
- Supporting document: 411-086-0320 Emergency and Disaster Planning - DHS text
- Supporting document: 411-086-0320 Disaster Preparedness Emergency and Disaster Planning - LC text
10/02/2009 - Facility Workers: High Priority for H1N1 Vaccination
- Supporting document: Q&A about Flu Vaccination
- Supporting document: H1N1 Public Health contacts
09/28/2009 - Direct Care Staff Daily Report (SDS 0717)
09/16/2009 - H1N1 Flu Update #3
- Supporting document: Flu Vaccine Facts
09/15/2009 - MMIS Training - Nursing facility billing - Portland, Oregon
- Supporting document: Portland registration form
09/15/2009 - MMIS Training - Nursing facility billing - Roseburg, Oregon
- Supporting document: Roseburg registration form
08/26/2009 - H1N1 Flu Update #2
- Supporting document: H1N1 Flu Facts
08/17/2009 - MMIS update - Nursing facility conference call
08/14/2009 - MMIS training - Nursing facility billing
- Supporting document: Training registration form
08/07/2009 - MMIS Training - Nursing facility billing
- Supporting document: Training registration form (Word)
07/30/2009 - H1N1 Update
- Supporting document: Pandemic H1N1 Influenza fact sheet
- Supporting document: Only you can stop the flu poster
07/29/2009 - Extreme heat
- Supporting document: CDC Heat Guide
- Supporting document: Recommendations to health facilities for handling heat in Summer months
07/21/2009 - MMIS training - Nursing facility billing
- Supporting document: Training tutorial (PPT)
- Supporting document: Training registration form (Word)
07/20/2009 - MMIS update - Nursing facility conference call
06/26/2009 - Fire Safety Training Workshop
- Supporting document: OSFM Fire Safety Training
06/22/2009 - Nursing Assistant Training and Competency Evaluation Program
06/19/2009 - Nursing Facility Claims - End Close for 2007-2009 Biennium
06/16/2009 - MMIS update - Nursing facility conference call
06/11/2009 - MMIS Training - nursing facility billing
- Supporting document: Oregon MMIS EOB's for Nursing Facilities
- Supporting document: NF Eligibility
- Supporting document: Nursing Facility MMIS Training
- Supporting document: Training Registration Form
06/02/2009 - Nursing facility transitional and interim payment process changes
- Supporting document: Request for SNF coinsurance interim payment form
05/27/2009 - MMIS Training - Nursing facility billing
- Supporting document: Training Registration Form
05/08/2009 - Guidance for Long-term Care Facilities in Communities with One or More Reported Probable or Confirmed Cases of Swine-Origin H1N1 Influenza.
05/06/2009 - Fire Safety Class Schedule
- Supporting document: Fire Safety Training in Hospitals, Nursing Homes, & Hospice Facilities - Workshop flyer
05/06/2009 - Conversion of state-assigned MDS shared login IDs to personal login IDs
05/01/2009 - H1N1 (Swine Flu) Alert
04/28/2009 - Change in process for accident/incident investigation reports
- Supporting document: Freedom of Information Act request for records
04/23/2009 - Nursing Assistant (NA) Staff Ratio Chart (SDS 0717A) for Nursing Facilities
- Supporting document: Nursing Assistant (NA) Staff ratio chart (SDS0717A)
04/10/2009 - MMIS Update - Nursing Facility Conference Call
03/27/2009 - Forms Update for April 1, 2009 for Change in CNA/NA Staffing Ratio
- Supporting document: Direct Care Staff Daily Report (SDS 0717)
- Supporting document: April 1st 1009 New Ratio
03/16/2009 - CNA Staffing Quarterly Report Instructions Update for Nursing Facilities
- Supporting document: CNA Quarterly Staffing Report Revised General Instructions
03/16/2009 - MMIS update - Nursing facility conference call
03/10/2009 - Rule Clarification - LPNs as "Resident" Care Managers
- Supporting document: LPN RCM Rule 3.09
02/27/2009 - Direct Care Staff Daily Report (SDS 0717)
02/26/2009 - CNA Staffing Quarterly Report E-Mail Address
02/25/2009 - Transitional/special payment request form
02/11/2009 - MMIS Update - Nursing Facility Conference Call
01/22/2009 - Expedited Medicaid Payment
- Supporting document: Expedited Payment Request form - Jan. 2009
01/06/2009 - Expedited Medicaid Payment
- Supporting document: Expedited Payment Request form - Dec. 2008

Residential Care, Assisted Living and Memory Care Communities

12/22/2009 - Increase in licensing fees - clarification
11/03/2009 - Temporary absences from community based care facilities
10/13/2009 - Revised assisted living and residential care facility rules
10/02/2009 - Facility Workers: High Priority for H1N1 Vaccination
- Supporting document: Q&A about Flu Vaccination
- Supporting document: H1N1 Public Health contacts
10/01/2009 - Fireplaces in Community Based Care
10/01/2009 - Increase in License Fees
09/16/2009 - H1N1 Flu Update #3
- Supporting document: Flu Vaccine Facts
08/26/2009 - H1N1 Flu Update #2
- Supporting document: H1N1 Flu Facts
07/30/2009 - H1N1 Update
- Supporting document: Pandemic H1N1 Influenza fact sheet
- Supporting document: Only you can stop the flu poster
07/29/2009 - Extreme heat
- Supporting document: CDC Heat Guide
- Supporting document: Recommendations to health facilities for handling heat in Summer months
06/19/2009 - Biennium End Close for 2007-09
05/08/2009 - Guidance for Long-term Care Facilities in Communities with One or More Reported Probable or Confirmed Cases of Swine-Origin H1N1 Influenza.
05/01/2009 - H1N1 (Swine Flu) Alert
04/01/2009 - SPD Capacity surveys
02/18/2009 Criminal History Checks on Private Duty Caregivers
0218/2009 Message to Stakeholders Regarding Coordination of Care

2008 Alerts

Nursing Facilities

12/31/2008 - UB-04 Paper Billing Guide
- Supporting document: UB-04 Paper Billing Guide
- Supporting document: UB-04 Paper Billing Guide Track Changes
11/17/2008 - Expedited Medicaid Payment
11/17/2008 - Expedited Medicaid Payment Form
11/17/2008 - About the Nursing Facility UB-04 Paper Billing Guide
11/17/2008 - Nursing Facility UB-04 Paper Billing Guide
10/31/2008 - Nursing Facility License Renewal Fees
10/30/2008 - Important Nursing Facility Payment Information
10/30/2008 - Residents change in status form (SDS 0462)
10/13/2008 - Nursing facility claims processing

Residential Care, Assisted Living and Memory Care Communities

09/22/2008 - Emergency Preparedness Workshop
07/29/2008 - Smokefree Workplace Law and CBC Communities
06/10/2008 - Mechanical lifts
03/28/2008 - Tamper-resistant prescription pads
03/18/2008 - New Tools - CBC Guide and the Uniform Disclosure Statement
01/24/2008 - Program analyst changes
01/23/2008 - Pressure ulcers -
01/23/2008 - Food temperature safety -
01/23/2008 - Glucometers and testing -
01/23/2008 - Fire safety and evaction plans -

2007 Alerts

12/17/2007 - New forms for Residential Care and Assisted Living Facilities
11/16/2007 - Clarification on implementation date of Residential Care and Assisted Living Facility Administrative Rules
10/31/2007 - Change in Implementation Date for Residential Care and Assisted Living Facility Administrative Rules
09/17/2007 - Security measures
04/26/2007 - Citations in Alzheimer's Care Units.

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