In a webinar presented by the National Association of Home and Hospice Care last week, Katie Wehri Director of Home Care & Hospice Regulatory Affairs at NAHC, warned hospices to examine their need to continue the use of the Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 waivers. As you know, the CMS waivers were established to assist…
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Breaking News Alert: The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency isn’t over yet.
Sigh. Raise your hand if you thought this virus would be gone by now. The healthcare community and public are being overloaded with information—masks or no masks, boosters or no boosters—and on and on. OSHA recently announced it is holding public hearings in the next 10 days regarding a final standard to protect healthcare…
COVID-19 Regulatory Changes
Recently, changes have occurred in the COVID-19 government mandates. Only two vaccine mandates are currently in effect, but the changes have caused much confusion. Adding to that, half of the nation’s states have current litigation pending and will not have surveyor enforcement of the CMS vaccine mandate. It’s enough to make your head spin! Things…
COVID-19 Vaccination & Testing Mandates
Two new COVID-19 vaccination mandates were released two weeks ago. This is addition to the previously established OSHA Healthcare ETS and many state and local rules regarding COVID-19. The information overload is real as you determine which rule or more than one rule applies to your organization. But, here’s the short story on the two…
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October has long been designated as breast cancer awareness month. This particular cancer is especially significant to the MAC Legacy organization as we have many friends and family who have been affected by this disease. As we all reflect on breast cancer this month, we want to remind you to get screened. A report from…
COVID-19 Employee Tracking
An important aspect of your COVID-19 Plan is maintaining a log of COVID-19 positive employees. This document details all your employees who have a confirmed infection regardless of the source (work-related or otherwise). Remember that this log must be consistent with your OSHA 300, 300A, and 301 forms and be maintained in the confidential medical…
COVID-19 Compliance
Much confusion and angst has been brought about in the recent announcement of President Biden’s new COVID mandate. This along with changes to the OSHA ETS have left many home health and hospice providers wondering what to do. First of all, neither of these new regulations have been implemented yet—so take a deep breath. The…
Public Health Emergency
The US Department of Health and Human Services has extended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency for an additional 90 days effective July 20, 2021. This is the sixth renewal of the PHE since the pandemic was declared in 2020. In particular, the Delta strain of SARS-CoV-2 is now the dominant strain found in the US. …
