Greetings!

To help you sort through all the information about screening and visitors, we have put together a new VHCA-VCAL COVID-19 Screening Toolkit. It includes many of the resources we have already shared with you about preventing COVID-19 from entering skilled nursing facilties and assisted living communities. The toolkit has four sections with resources and information from VDH, CMS, AHCA/NCAL, and CDC.

If you have not already heard, CMS issued a revision to QSO-20-14-NH with new guidance on visitation. This follows the release of the AHCA/NCAL guidance on visitation that I sent this morning. Our new toolkit includes all of this information as well as a side-by-side comparison of the CMS and AHCA/NCAL variations.

I've also provided info on two webinars we told you about in earlier messages. Details are repeated below for your convenience.

Thank you for all that you are doing to keep your residents and staff safe.

Sincerely,

April Payne, LNHA

Vice President of Quality Improvement | Director of VCAL

Virginia Health Care Association | Virginia Center for Assisted Living