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July 7, 2020

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The WellSky COVID-19 Weekly Briefing

News and actionable guidance for home health, hospice, and personal care providers

Written by Sharon S. Harder, President of C3 Advisors, LLC

In this week's edition of The WellSky COVID-19 Weekly Briefing, executive management consultant and policy expert Sharon Harder of C3 Advisors, LLC, distills the most important COVID-19 developments from the past week.

In this week's all new briefing: 

  • NEWS | Convalescent plasma as a COVID-19 treatment
    The Mayo Clinic reports that convalescent plasma is safe and reduces the mortality rate of COVID-19 from 12% to 8.6%.
  • NEWS | Are insurers backing away from telehealth?
    Some insurers, including some Blue Cross and Aetna plans, are preparing to “back away” from telehealth and have set expiration dates.
  • COMPLIANCE | The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been extended
    The PPP expired on June 30. However, on July 4, the President signed an extension of the application deadline to August 8, 2020.
  • COMPLIANCE | New guidance from OSHA
    Late last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued important new COVID-19 guidance for employers.
  • CLINICAL | Experts agree: Coronavirus is airborne
    239 scientists from 32 countries sent an open letter to the World Health Organization with evidence showing that airborne virus can infect people.
  • CLINICAL | New guidance from CMS on COVID-19 in nursing homes
    CMS has updated its COVID-19 guidance for nursing homes. The guidance covers infection control, personnel, education, and more.
  • ADMINISTRATIVE | PEPPER coming soon
    The Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Reports (PEPPER) was put on hold, but reports will be released soon for home health, hospice, and skilled nursing.
  • ADMINISTRATIVE | Billing updates for SNFs
    ICMS has released significant changes to the benefit period waiver in skilled nursing facilities. We explore this important new guidance.
Read past editions of The WellSky COVID-19 Weekly Briefing:

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Sharon Harder

Sharon S. Harder has over three decades of executive management experience in the health care industry. She has served in financial and operational leadership roles in a variety of health care organizations ranging from a major health care professional association to large post-acute health care providers. As President of C3 Advisors, LLC, Sharon engages with clients to develop and implement the strategic vision required to improve their profitability and competitive position in the rapidly transforming health care marketplace.

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People who choose a life of caring — and the organizations and communities they serve — deserve a special kind of support. So we help them to care smarter. Liberating them to focus on the people they serve. Providing solutions that make work flow, integrate insights, and update effortlessly. So they're able to anticipate — and exponentially increase — the impact of care.