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- 2023-27 - 12/21/2023
- Safe Viewing of the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
- Free Virtual Courses for Skilled Nursing Personnel
- Project Firstline Informational Webinar
- 2023-26 - 12/07/2023
- Food Safety Alert - Cantaloupes
- IDOH Resource Staff for Provider Questions
- 2023-25 - 11/30/2023
- Tuberculosis Guidance
- Ensuring Internet Access for Residents - Reminder
- Increased Transparency for Nursing Home Ownership
- Updated Guidance for Federal Monitoring Surveys
- 2023-24 – 11/09/2023
- FDA Warning Regarding 26 Eye Drop Products
- Long-term Care Survey Area Map
- 2023-23 – 10/26/2023
- Dietary Manager Qualifications
- IDOH Health Care Leadership Conference – Follow-up
- Project Firstline Recording Available for CNA Training Programs
- 2023-22 – 10/12/2023
- Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) Luminometers Available
- Updated COVID-19 (2023-2024) Vaccines
- 2023-21 – 10/05/2023
- Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program (CMPRP) Revisions
- IDOH Health Care Leadership Conference – Last Chance to Register!
- 2023-20 – 09/21/2023
- Updates to Nursing Home Care Compare Staffing and Quality Measures
- Project Firstline for CNA Training Programs
- State RAI Coordinator Contact
- 2023-19 – 09/14/2023
- Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) Luminometers Available for Facility Use
- Updated COVID-19 Vaccine
- 2023-18 – 09/08/2023
- CMS Proposal for Minimum Staffing Standards and Medicaid Payment Transparency Reporting
- Free Virtual Courses for Skilled Nursing Facility Personnel
- CMS Question and Answer Document for Resident Assessment Instrument Version 1.18.11 Changes
- IDOH Health Care Leadership Conference
- 2023-17 – 08/24/2023
- Infection Control Guidance Refresher for COVID-19
- Building an Infection Prevention Savvy Workforce: Free Training for LTC Professionals
- Free Virtual Courses for Skilled Nursing Facility Personnel
- Heat Wave – Reminders
- IDOH Health Care Leadership Conference – Registration Open
- 2023-16 – 07/27/2023
- IDOH Health Care Leadership Conference – Registration Open
- What YOU Need to Know about Infection Prevention – Earn a Certificate
- Standard of Care for Urinary Tract Infections Testing
- 2023-15 – 07/13/2023
- Updated POST Form
- Updated Reporting Guidance for COVID-19
- Project Firstline for CNA Training Programs
- IHCA/INCAL’s Long-Term Care Weekly Regulatory Webinars Have a New Home on IHCA.org
- New Temporary Health Care Services Agency Registry
- 2023-14 – 06/29/2023
- CMS Memo QSO-23-18-NH: Posting of Nursing Home Ownership/Operatorship Affiliation Data on Nursing Home Care Compare Website
- Free Virtual Courses for Skilled Nursing Facility Personnel
- Black & Minority Health Fair
- IDOH Health Care Leadership Conference – Registration Open
- 2023-13 – 06/15/2023
- Healthcare Worker Vaccination Requirement
- CMS Updated Survey Resources
- Free Virtual Courses for Skilled Nursing Facility Personnel
- IDOH Health Care Leadership Conference – Save the Date
- 2023-12 – 06/01/2023
- Reminder: Long-Term Care Pre-Employment Background Checks
- Langham Portal Closed
- CMS Updated Survey Resources
- 2023-11 – 05/18/2023
- CMS Memo QSO 20-39-NH: Nursing Home visitation – COVID-19 REVISED
- Alcohol-based Hand Sanitizer and Fire Safety
- CMS RAI and MDS Education
- Minimum Data Set (MDS) Assessment for Medicaid-Certified Facilities
- Building an Infection Prevention Savvy Workforce: Free Training for LTC Professionals
- 2023-10 – 05/11/2023
- IDOH Guidance Regarding the Use of Enhanced Barrier Precautions to Prevent MDRO Transmission
- 2023-09 – 05/04/2023
- CMS Memo QSO-23-13-ALL: Guidance for the Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)
- Training Videos on the Use of Opioid and Psychotropic Medications
- Nurse Aide Findings Email Listserv Sign-up
- New Aides Training Programs Newsletter
- Indiana Health Care Foundation 2023 Long-Term Care Scholarships
- 2023-08 – 04/14/2023
- Communicable Disease Reporting Update
- CMS Memo QSO-23-10-NH: Strengthened Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies and Quality Improvement Activities in Nursing Homes
- Minimum Data Set (MDS) Updates
- Life Safety Code Reminder
- CMS Memo QSO-23-11-LSC: Categorical Waiver – Health Care Microgrid Systems (HCMSs)
- Statewide NATCEP Waiver – Update
- Project Firstline CNA Program Webinar Recording Available
- 2023-07 – 03/30/2023
- Guidance and Survey Process for Reviewing Home Dialysis Services in a Nursing Home
- Trash and Laundry Best Practices
- Statewide NATCEP Waiver Ending March 29
- 2023-06 – 03/16/2023
- New Assistant Commissioner Announcement
- Upcoming Medicaid Eligibility Changes
- Project Firstline Infection Control Educational Resources
- Educational Opportunities Through Geriatric Workforce Enhancement Project
- New CDC Pre-Implementation Tool for Enhanced Barrier Precautions
- Ivy Tech CNA and QMA Testing Plan for 2023
- 2023-05 – 03/02/2023
- Candid Conversations: Candida auris and Other MDROs
- Building an Infection Prevention Savvy Workforce: Free Training for LTC Professionals
- Free Teepa Snow Dementia Orientation Webinar Available
- Reporting of COVID-19 POC Test Results – Reminder
- PPE, Lab, and Vaccination Supplies Still Available to Order Through Langham
- Outbreak of Extensively Drug-resistant Infections Associated with Certain Eye Products
- 2023-04 – 02/16/2023
- Statewide NATCEP Waiver Update
- CNA Training Clarifications and Updates
- QMA Insulin Training Reminder
- Project Firstline for CNA Training Programs
- 2023-03 – 02/02/2023
- Indiana’s World TB Day – Registration Open
- Guidance for Immediate/Emergency Discharge of Residents from Long-Term Care Facilities
- Invasive Group A Streptococcal (iGAS) Infections
- 2023-02 – 01/19/2023
- Improving COVID-19 Outcomes in Nursing Homes Across America – An Audio Series From CMS
- CHIRP Quick Reference Guide to Document Historical Vaccine Doses
- New State RAI Coordinator
- Temporary Nurse Licenses
- Reporting Outbreaks
- Educational and Collaborative Opportunities
- CMS Memo QSO-23-05-NH
- 2023-01 – 01/05/2023
- Facility License Renewals – Reminder
- Portable Space Heaters – Reminder
- Statewide NATCEP Waiver and Nurse Aides in Training
- Update From CDC on COVID-19 and Available Vaccines