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01/12/2022
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | January 12
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
- COVID-19 Therapeutics Update (PowerPoint)
- Revised CMS Nursing Home Visitation Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- New HCPCS Code for Remdesivir Antiviral Medication
- Side-by-Side Overview of Outpatient Therapies Authorized for Treatment of Mild-Moderate COVID-19
- NIH: The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel's Statement on Tixagevimab Plus Cilgavimab (Evusheld) for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for SARS-CoV-2 Infection
- CMS: Nursing Home Staff Turnover and Weekend Staffing Levels
Journal Articles/Preprints
- JAMDA: “Sometimes it's not about the money... it's the way you treat people...”: A Qualitative Study of Nursing Home Staff Turnover
- MMWR: Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 Outcomes Among Persons Aged 18 and Over Who Completed a Primary COVID-19 Vaccination Series — 465 Health Care Facilities, United States, December 2020–October 2021
- False-Positive Results in Rapid Antigen Tests for SARS-CoV-2
Podcasts/Webinars
- TODAY: Appropriate Staffing in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care, January 12, 2022, 7:00 PM ET
- TODAY: CDC COCA: What Clinicians Need to Know About the New Oral Antiviral Medications for COVID-19, January 12, 2022, 2:00–3:00 PM ET
- Recording of COVID-19 Grand Rounds: Omicron: What's Your Action Plan
- Recording: Healing Together--Self-Compassion and Emotional Resilience for Working with Families
- Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic to Improve Diagnosis. Friday, January 14, 2022. 10:30 AM-5:30 PM ET
News/News Analysis
- Despite outsider-driven COVID outbreaks, providers face continued demand for risky visits
- NY, CA beef up rules for nursing home visitors while feds hold the line
- Shot targeting omicron may be ready by March, Pfizer predicts
- LTC Sector in ‘Grave Danger’ Due to Price Gouging Staffing says Collaborative
- More than half of workers polled want employers to record proof of vaccination: report
- 3 more states mandate COVID-19 boosters for assisted living workers