The Office of Developmental Programs is assisting the Pennsylvania Department of Health in gathering data which will be used for a collaborative high-priority initiative to evaluate the effectiveness of a Quality Investment Pilot program.  To do so, we are requesting your assistance to provide the following data for each of your ICF locations:

1. Provider Name:
2. Location (ICF Site Name):
3. Number of people residing at the location as of 11/30/24:
4. The number of people at the location not covered by Medicaid (i.e., # of Private Pay clients) as of 11/30/24:
5. The number of DOH citation related to infection control at each location from 2020 to date and the tag number:
6. Has this site participated with the RISE program?

 

You may supply the data by typing the responses after each question in an email reply, or by attaching a spreadsheet with the following columns completed:

The Bureau of Epidemiology will be hosting two webinars for LTCFs related to respiratory virus prevention and outbreak control available on PA-TRAIN. Act 58 CE credits are available and NHA CE credits are pending.

• September 4 @ 1 PM: “PA-EPI: LTCF Readiness and Prevention of Respiratory Viruses.” ID: 1120331
• September 18 @ 1 PM: “PA-EPI: LTCF Respiratory Virus Outbreak Control and Response.” ID: 1121319