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| December 28 |
Quality Insights Renal Network 5 Wishes Everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year! |
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“Stay Strong”: A Message FROM Kidney Patients TO Kidney Patients
The Forum of ESRD Networks' Kidney Patient Advisory Council (KPAC) has developed a poster to encourage fellow patients to stay strong and continue to be diligent about using COVID-19 safety precautions. As patients themselves, understanding the challenges patients have faced in 2020, they wish to send an encouraging message to stay safe and healthy.
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CMS OMH Releases New Multi-lingual COVID-19 Resources
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health’s (CMS OMH) initiative From Coverage to Care (C2C) has released 2 new virtually-based COVID-19 resources for patients:
- Coronavirus and Your Health Coverage: Get the Basics
- Stay Safe: Getting the Care You Need, at Home (including information about coverage plans)
Both resources are available 8 languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Haitian Creole, Korean, Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
In addition to providing these resources, C2C also has translated shareable graphics in these same 8 languages, available to post on your digital channels to help spread the word about available COVID-19 resources in an effort to help everyone remain healthy during this public health emergency.
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CDC Releases New COVID-19 Vaccine Resources
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released recent COVID-19 vaccine webinar resources:
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REMINDER: NHSN COVID-19 REPORTING DATA DUE EACH WEEK ON WEDNESDAY BY 2:00 PM. ET
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| December 21 |
Quality Insights Renal Network 5 Wishes Everyone a Happy, Safe, and Healthy Holiday Season! |
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5-Diamond Patient Safety Program Extends 2020 Program Year Due to Pandemic
As we move forward together in this uniquely challenging time, Quality Insights Renal Network 5 remains committed to continuous quality improvement within our community. Recognizing your focus at this time is on both personal safety and the safety and care of your patients, we are extending the closure of the 2020 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program Year from December 15, 2020, until February 15, 2021. This will allow users more time to work toward achieving or renewing 5-Diamond status for 2020. We plan to launch the 2021 Program Year in early March 2021. The 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program website at available at https://5diamondpatientsafety.org. |
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REMINDER: NHSN COVID-19 REPORTING DATA DUE EACH WEEK ON WEDNESDAY BY 2:00 PM. ET
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| December 14 |
Quality Insights Renal Network 5 Wishes Everyone a Happy, Safe, and Healthy Holiday Season! |
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5-Diamond Patient Safety Program Extends 2020 Program Year Due to Pandemic
As we move forward together in this uniquely challenging time, Quality Insights Renal Network 5 remains committed to continuous quality improvement within our community. Recognizing your focus at this time is on both personal safety and the safety and care of your patients, we are extending the closure of the 2020 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program Year from December 15, 2020, until February 15, 2021. This will allow users more time to work toward achieving or renewing 5-Diamond status for 2020. We plan to launch the 2021 Program Year in early March 2021. The 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program website at available at https://5diamondpatientsafety.org. |
Engagement Resources to Encourage Influenza Vaccination are Available
Please be reminded, as the 2020-2021 flu season continues, a number of resources are available to share with staff and patients to encourage vaccination during this unique flu season.
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NHSN COVID-19 Module NOW AVAILABLE
CMS now requires COVID-19 reporting in NHSN, to support the nation’s COVID-19 emergency response. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has released a NHSN COVID-19 module designed to collect certain data pertaining to in-center dialysis, home dialysis, and peritoneal dialysis patients. All providers are required to submit data weekly. The reporting period is Wednesday – Tuesday and data must be entered by 2:00 PM, ET on Wednesday of each week.
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CDC Partner Call: COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Safety Overview Recording Released
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Partner Resource Links
If you would like to subscribe to get future COVID-19 Partner call announcements go to https://tools.cdc.gov/campaignproxyservice/subscriptions.aspx, enter your email address, and search for “COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Partners.” |
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| December 7 |
News from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
CMS Finalizes Permanent Expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services and Improved Payment for Time Doctors Spend with Patients
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the annual Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule, which prioritizes CMS’ investment in primary care and chronic disease management by increasing payments to physicians and other practitioners for the additional time they spend with patients, especially those with chronic conditions. The rule allows non-physician practitioners to provide the care they were trained and licensed to give, cutting red tape so they can practice at the top of their license and spend more time with patients instead of on completing unnecessary paperwork.
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CMS Releases ETC Final Rule & Announces Introductory Webinar Event
CMS has released the final rule for the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices (ETC) Model to encourage greater use of home dialysis and kidney transplants for Medicare beneficiaries with ESRD, while reducing Medicare expenditures and preserving or enhancing the quality of care furnished to beneficiaries with ESRD. Information about rule can be found in the Federal Register, under ETC Model in the Specialty Care Models To Improve Quality of Care and Reduce Expenditures Final Rule, CMS-5527-F. The Model begins on January 1, 2021.
In order to help ETC Model Participants prepare, CMS is conducting an introductory webinar on Wednesday, December 9, 2020 from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. The webinar will provide an overview of the ETC Model, including:
- Participant selection
- The Home Dialysis Payment Adjustment
- The Performance Payment Adjustment
- The ETC Model timeline, including the timing of payment adjustments
- Information about how to communicate with CMS about the ETC Model.
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News from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
NHSN COVID-19 Module NOW AVAILABLE
CMS now requires COVID-19 reporting in NHSN, to support the nation’s COVID-19 emergency response. The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has released a NHSN COVID-19 module designed to collect certain data pertaining to in-center dialysis, home dialysis, and peritoneal dialysis patients.
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CDC Newsletter
Sign-up for the CDC newsletter directly to your In-box! The most recent edition strongly encourages staying home for the holidays, to ensure safety, with topics such as:
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5-Diamond Patient Safety Program Extends 2020 Program Year Due to Pandemic
As we move forward together in this uniquely challenging time, Quality Insights Renal Network 5 remains committed to continuous quality improvement within our community. Recognizing your focus at this time is on both personal safety and the safety and care of your patients, we are extending the closure of the 2020 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program Year from December 15, 2020, until February 15, 2021. This will allow users more time to work toward achieving or renewing 5-Diamond status for 2020. We plan to launch the 2021 Program Year in early March 2021. The 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program website at available at https://5diamondpatientsafety.org |
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