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2009 Alerts

Nursing Facilities

• 11/17/2009 - 2010 Nursing facility license renewal process - NEW
• 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 Adult Foster Homes

• 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

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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 Adult Foster Home

• 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 -

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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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