COVID-19 Updates

General Coronavirus Resources

•  National Association for Home Care and Hospice - ​​Coronavirus Resources for Home Care & Hospice

•  LHC Group-COVID-19 Preparedness
•  CDC - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/communication/factsheets.html
•  Information to Order PPE Supplies
•  Center for Creative Leadership - How to Lead Through a Crisis
•  Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards Issues Proclamation - http://www.lsbn.state.la.us/Portals/1/Documents/news/govproclamation.pdf
•  Pam Warmack shared this slide presentation by the Department of Labor on the Families First Coronavirus Act. It is very easy to understand and answers the basic questions she feels providers are asking. DOL Webinar Presentation on Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)  
•  This article from a weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal expresses what we have all considered, New Orleans has the worst COVID-19 death rate in the nation.
•  https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-orleans-area-has-worst-coronavirus-death-rate-in-u-s-11586008800
•  Here are graphs, updated daily at NOLA.com, and at the Louisiana Department of Health related to the Louisiana coronavirus, COIVD-19.
• What to do when an employee declines your offer to come back to work - vimeo.com/415300338

    During this pandemic, other sources are robust, and most all available at no cost. Some state specific sites have useful federal synopses of the broad variety of issues we will be handling.

•    The Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice
•    The Home Care Association of New York State
•    The Illinois HomeCare and Hospice Council

Weekly Presentations

•  Pam Warmack Presentation from 3/25/20 - Responding to COVID-19, Handout,  Webinar Recording
•  Christopher Johnston Presentation from 4/3/20 - Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), Handout, Recording
•  Barry Jacobs - Presentation from 4/9/20 - Enhancing Provider Resilience in the Face of COVID-19, Handout, Recording 
•  Melinda Gaboury - Presentation from 4/13/20 - Home Health, Hospice and COVID-19, Keep Cash Flowing, Handout, Recording
•  Sharon Litwin - Presentation 4/14/20 - COVID-19 Regulatory & Financial Relief Measures For Home Health and Hospice, Handout, Recording

CMS

•    CMS Resources for Home Health Agencies and Hospices for COVID-19 - https://oasisanswers.com/blog/5e78a0b5ec72fd0016006d5c
• ​    Executive Summary of the CMS Emergency Rule - https://netforum.avectra.com/public/temp/ClientImages/HCLA/31ae702a-e45c-45db-80a2-fcf0525ebc38.pdf 
•     Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
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Labor Resources

•      U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
•      COVID-19 and the American Workplace

Patient Care

•      CHAP Webinar - https://education.chaplinq.org/products/our-first-covid-19-patientwhat-now

Why Home Health

•    Postacute Care Preparedness for COVID-19 Thinking Ahead - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763818?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=content-               shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=032520#.XnuUdDMAcrt.twitter

Emotional Well-Being

•      Johns Hopkins- Staff Members Emotional Well-Being - http://johnshopkinssph.libsyn.com/mental-health-support-for-covid-19-health-care-workers