Posts in Infection Control
Telehealth Waiver eases Medicare Restrictions during COVID-19 National Emergency -- but may not go far enough
Telehealth Waiver eases Medicare Restrictions during COVID-19 National Emergency -- but may not go far enough

When the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020 was signed into law on March 6th, a provision in the Act that waives the geographic and originating site restrictions on telehealth services for the elderly garnered less attention, but could have a very important role to play in combatting COVID-19 - particularly if the waiver authority is further expanded by Congress. Learn more about the emergency telehealth waivers.

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Digital Health, Infection Control, Legislation, Physician Fee Schedule, Reimbursement, Remote Patient Monitoring, TelehealthCarrie NixonTeleheath, Telemedicine, Coronavirus, COVID-19, National Emergency, e-Visit, virtual check-in
What You Need to Know About the Revised Virginia Assisted Living Regulations: Infection Control
What You Need to Know About the Revised Virginia Assisted Living Regulations: Infection Control

This is the second NLG summary in our series on the revisions to Virginia’s Standards for Licensed Assisted Living Facilities, scheduled to take effect February 1, 2018.  The new regulations include changes to the timing for submitting incident reports, a new section addressing electronic records and electronic signatures, substantial revisions to requirements for infection control programs, and changes to the required content of the Disclosure Statement and admission agreements.  This summary focuses on changes to Infection Control regulations. 

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Post Acute, Regulations, Assisted Living, Infection ControlCait RiccobonoVirginia, assisted living, regulations