As Florida’s Assisted Living Facilities prepare for what may be an extended national response to Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19), they are leveraging the preparatory work from their required Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans and existing Infection Prevention and Control procedures.

6/3/2020: FSLA is offering a FREE two-part webinar on COVID-19 Early Identification and Rapid Response in Assisted Living Facilities.

View Part 1 – COVID-19 Early Identification and Rapid Response
View Part 2 – Memory Care Challenges in Assisted Living Webinar

4/30/2020: The Re-Open Florida Task Force released its full report to the Governor. Download a copy here.

4/23/2020: FSLA Calls for Important Clarification About List of Facilities

Tallahassee, Fla. – The Florida Senior Living Association (FSLA) today thanked Governor DeSantis for prioritizing the health and welfare of residents in long-term care facilities and urged state regulators to further clarify what information is included in the published list of long-term care facilities affected by COVID-19. The list is currently described as representing COVID-19 positive reports in staff or residents from long-term care facilities in Florida. However, the list also includes long-term care facilities that have been included in contact tracing investigations. Read more.

4/18/2020: DOH Releases Facility List: Clarity Requested
Governor DeSantis released the names of the communities with positive COVID-19 results. Click here to review a copy of the list and to watch the Governor’s press conference. We have been in touch with the Governor’s Office, the Agency for Health Care Administration, and the Department of Health to request clarification to the list. Please let us know as soon as possible if you believe your facility has been included on this list by mistake.

Assisted Living Communities may contact helpline@floridaseniorliving.org with questions.

Members of the media working on a deadline may contact Sandi Poreda at 850-766-1906 / sandi@bulldogstrategygroup.com.

Vaccine Information

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was approved by the FDA for emergency usage on Friday, Dec. 11. The Moderna vaccine was approved by the FDA for emergency usage on Friday, Dec. 18. The Janssen vaccine was approved by the FDA for emergency usage on Saturday, Feb. 27.

NEWEST 4/12/2021: Vaccine Allocation Request Process for Long-Term Care Providers

4/2/2021: Executive Order 21-81– Prohibits vaccine passports

3/2/2021: AHCA Memo: COVID-19 Vaccines for Health Care Personnel

On March 3, four federally-supported vaccination sites opened in Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville and Orlando.

These federally-supported sites are being established as part of a joint mission through the federal and state government to increase vaccine access in or near Duval, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade and Orange counties. In addition to these four sites, the state is also operating satellite sites that relocate every three to seven days to reach as many residents as possible.

These sites are vaccinating the following populations, as per Executive Order 21-47:

Long-term care facility residents and staff;
Persons 65 years of age and older;
Health care personnel with direct patient contact;
K-12 school employees 50 years of ages and older;
Sworn law enforcement officers 50 years of ages and older;
Firefighters 50 years of age and older; and
Individuals deemed extremely vulnerable by a licensed physician.

Appointments are not required at any of the federally-supported sites. However, individuals who are interested in scheduling an appointment may visit myvaccine.fl.gov. Individuals who submit their information through this site will be contacted to schedule their appointment.

If an individual arrives to the site and all time slots are filled for that day, site staff will work with them to schedule an appointment at the site to receive a vaccine. Individuals can also schedule appointments on site in a separate registration lane if they do not want to wait for walk-up availability.

Each site is accessible by local public transportation. Each site also has air-conditioned tents, chairs, ASL interpreters, bilingual staff, wheelchair accessibility and accommodations for the visually impaired. Additional accommodations can be made on site, if necessary.

Site addresses and the current satellite site schedule is available at FloridaDisaster.org/Vaccine.

1/12/2021: AHCA memo to LTC facilities re: CDR vaccinations

1/12/2021: Governor Ron DeSantis Provides Update on Florida’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Accountability

1/7/2021: AHCA – COVID-19 Vaccinations for Assisted Living Facilities – The Division of Emergency Management has contracted with CDR Health to vaccinate assisted living facilities that are not scheduled for their initial vaccine clinic with CVS or Walgreens on or before January 23. CDR Health will be contacting assisted living facilities to make arrangements for vaccinations.

CDC: Fact Sheet for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients and Caregivers
CDC: Fact Sheet for Moderna Vaccine Recipients and Caregivers
CDC: Frequently Asked Questions
CDC: COVID Vaccine Myths and Facts

FL DOH: COVID-19 Vaccines in Florida

CVS: COVID Vaccine Information
Walgreens: Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 Vaccination Program

Emergency Status System (ESS)

NEWEST 12/14/2020: AHCA’s ESS: Daily Long Term Care Facilities Reporting Update

12/14/2020: ESS Additional Questions and Guidance

12/1/2020: AHCA’s ESS: Daily Long Term Care Facilities Reporting Update

11/18/2020: Long Term Care Facilities Update

10/22/2020: AHCA’s ESS: Daily Long Term Care Facilities Reporting Update

7/20/2020: Additional Information Entry – Questions and Guidance

6/30/2020: AHCA’s ESS: Reporting Updates – Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Providers: Effective June 30, 2020 the event tab labeled “Add’l Info” has been updated. The ESS will now require entry of fields related to your facility’s Curative testing status. Please answer all that apply to your facility and be sure to answer the remaining questions daily by 10 AM ET. The Long Term Care Facility Additional Info Entry – Questions Guidance has been created to provide additional guidance for reporting correctly.

5/28/2020: The event tab labeled “Add’l Info” has been updated. The ESS will now require entry of fields related to the transfer of residents and the testing of employees and residents. The Long Term Care Facility Additional Info Entry – Questions Guidance has been updated to provide additional guidance for reporting correctly.

5/13/2020: The event tab labeled “Add’l Info” has been updated. The ESS will now require entry of fields related to the testing of facility employees and the facility’s ability to test. This is critical to complete each day to assist with arrangement of testing.

Additional questions have been added to the ESS. AHCA has updated the Long Term Care Facility Additional Info Entry – Questions Guidance for these questions.

4/25/2020: The event tab labeled “Add’l Info” has been updated. The ESS will now require entry of fields related to the facility being COVID-19 free. Facilities must answer all questions daily by 10 AM ET.

Pursuant to Governor Ron Desantis’ Executive Order 20-51 and at the direction of State Surgeon General Rivkees, regarding Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Agency for Health Care Administration has opened the event “COVID-19 Monitoring” in the Emergency Status System to monitor nursing home and assisted living facility census, inventory, needs, and other related information statewide.

All nursing homes and assisted living facilities:

Ensure the “Facility Contacts” section is up-to-date.
Please report Current Resident Census and available beds in your facility daily by 10 AM ET until further notice.
A new event tab labeled “Add’l Info” should be updated now and then daily by 10 AM ET until further notice.
- Questions on this screen may vary so be sure to read carefully each time you go to enter info.
- You may view previous responses by using the “History” table at the bottom of this screen.
All needs requests should be submitted to your local Emergency Operations Center:
https://www.floridadisaster.org/counties/
For reporting purposes, update the “Resource Needs” event tab in ESS as well.
Include the mission number(s) assigned by your local Emergency Operations Center.

If needed, click the following link to access instructions for entering facility data for events (see pages 1-4 of the document “How to Locate and Enter Event Information” under the Details column): http://ahca.myflorida.com/MCHQ/Emergency_Activities/index.shtml.

If you require additional assistance with ESS, please contact your AHCA licensing unit during normal business hours:

Long Term Care Services Unit at 850-412-4303
Assisted Living Unit at 850-412-4304

Visitation

NEWEST 3/29/2021: AHCA FAQs on Visitation

3/23/2021: DEM 21-001 – Florida Division of Emergency Management Issues Emergency Order to lift visitation restrictions in long-term care facilities.

3/23/2021: AHCA: State Limitations on Long-Term Care Facility Visitation Lifted

11/4/2020: AHCA FAQs: Long-Term Care Facility Visitation Expectations

10/22/2020: DEM 20-11 – Florida Division of Emergency Management Issues Emergency Order to amend visitation restrictions in long-term care facilities.

9/4/2020: AHCA Visitation Q&A

9/1/2020: DEM 20-009 – Emergency Order to Lift Visitation Restrictions in Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities and Other Long-Term Care Facilities.

In August, Governor Ron DeSantis launched Florida’s Task Force on the Safe and Limited Re-Opening of Long-Term Care Facilities. Members of the task force will work together to develop guidelines on how to safely allow family members to visit their loved ones in Florida’s long-term care facilities where visitation has been prohibited since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. FSLA’s Gail Matillo was named as a member of the Task Force. Read more.

Meeting documents are available online at https://www.flgov.com/covid-19/.

Summaries of each meeting are also available:

August 26, 2020
August 25, 2020
August 19, 2020
August 18, 2020
August 14, 2020

emergency rules re: ACCESS, testing & Vaccinations

NEWEST 12/14/2020: DOH Emergency Rule 64DER20-43 – Establishes COVID vaccine reporting requirements

12/1/2020: AHCA Emergency Rule 59AER20-14 – Mandatory Entry to Conduct Voluntary COVID-19 Vaccinations of Assisted Living Facility Staff and Residents

10/22/2020: Mandatory Department of Health COVID-19 Reporting Requirements for Laboratories and Point of Care COVID-19 Testing

9/26/2020: Notice from FL DOH on mandatory reporting of test results

9/11/2020: The Emergency Rules requiring biweekly staff testing for nursing homes and assisted living facilities will expire September 13th and will not be renewed.

8/5/2020: The Agency for Health Care Administration issued Emergency Rule 59AER20-8 which replaces the previous Emergency Rule 59AER20-6 and more closely aligns the Hospital Screening requirements with the Centers for Disease Control guidance related to the Discontinuation of Transmission-Based Precautions.

7/16/2020: Long-term Care Testing Clarification – To prevent the spread of COVID-19 at long-term care and residential facilities, the Agency for Health Care Administration issued Emergency Rule 59AER20-6. This rule replaces the previous Emergency Rule 59AER20-01 and provides further clarity to hospitals and long-term care facilities about clinical decision making during the discharge of residents.

7/14/2020: Mandatory Reporting of COVID-19 test results under Section 381.0031, F.S. and 42 CFR §493.1101

7/8/2020: Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities Total Number of Staff for Curative Testing ESS Entry Required by July 9th

7/2/2020: Mandatory COVID-19 Testing for Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Staff Logistics Initial Testing Deadline Extended to July 10

6/23/2020: Information related to the mandatory COVID-19 testing for nursing home and assisted living facility staff logistics

6/16/2020: To further prevent the spread of COVID-19 at Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the Agency for Health Care Administration issued Emergency Rule 59AER20-4 and Emergency Rule 59AER20-5. These rules require nursing home and assisted living facility staff to be tested for COVID-19 every two weeks with testing resources provided by the state and submit the test results to their employer/facility. The facility must keep copies of all staff testing documentation on site.

Agency resources related to COVID-19 can be accessed on the Agency’s COVID-19 alerts for facilities and Medicaid providers website: http://ahca.myflorida.com/covid-19_alerts.shtml.

5/22/2020: The Department of Health has shared the following documents to assist with testing in long-term care facilities:

Instructional materials that will help the Facility Administrator complete the Laboratory Orders for all residents to be tested and how to receive residents’ results when ready. LTC Testing Flyer – LTC Facility Administration (Patient Registration) | IMT LTC Testing Flyer – LTC Facility Administration (Patient Registration)
Instructional materials that should be provided to all of employees. Each employee will create an account to create their one-time Laboratory Order. This account will also be where results are reported back. Employees are to provide results of testing to their employer. Employee Registration
A flyer with general information on how to conduct this testing. How to Conduct Testing in the LTC Facility
A handout with information on how to reach the DOH dedicated call center for Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility testing performed at Northwest Pathology. Lab Results Call Center

5/20/2020: Q&A for Emergency Rules

5/10/2020: The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration has issued two Emergency Rules related to COVID-19 testing at long-term care facilities.

To prevent the spread of COVID-19 at long-term care and residential facilities, the Agency for Health Care Administration issued Emergency Rule 59AER20-2 and Emergency Rule 59AER20-3.

These rules require nursing homes and assisted living facilities to grant access to the Florida Department of Health (DOH) or an authorized agent for the purposes of infection control and prevention and mandate COVID-19 testing of facility staff, including off-duty staff, by DOH or an authorized agent.

Agency resources related to COVID-19 can be accessed on the Agency’s COVID-19 alerts for facilities and Medicaid providers website: http://ahca.myflorida.com/covid-19_alerts.shtml.

Facility Transfers

These tools are intended to document an individual’s medical status related to COVID-19 to help facilitate communication between skilled nursing facilities and hospitals during patient transfers and admissions.

9/15/2020: COVID Isolation Facility Update – Based on the dramatic decrease in positivity among residents and staff in long-term care facilities, the significant reduction in the number of individuals hospitalized for COVID-19, and increased hospital capacity, the Agency has initiated a process to phase out the role of and to end the agreements with the State-supported COVID-19 isolation facilities.

8/12/2020: Hospital to Post-Acute Care Facility Transfer – COVID-19 Assessment: Updated to reflect the CDC’s changes to the bifurcated symptom-based strategy and the Agency’s emergency rule 59AER20-8 of August 5.

7/20/2020: AHCA Alert: Long-Term Care Facilities Transfers and Testing Updates

7/20/2020: CDC: Discontinuation of Transmission-Based Precautions and Disposition of Patients with COVID-19 in Healthcare Settings (Interim Guidance)

6/20/2020: Hospital to Post-Acute Care Facility Transfer

All hospitalized patients should be assessed for COVID-19 prior to transfer to a post-acute care facility. This tool should be used to document an individual’s medical status related to COVID-19 and to facilitate communication between the hospital and the receiving facility during patient transfers. This document must be signed-off by the physician, APRN, or PA who completes the clinical assessment.

5/12/2020: Emergency Rule Q&A
5/6/2020: Emergency Rule 59AER20-1 (including rule documentation)
5/5/2020: Emergency Rule Alert: Hospital COVID-19 Testing Requirements for Long-term Care Facility Residents

3/20/2020: SNF to Hospital Transfer Form
3/10/2020: Transfer Communication Tool

It is critical for all Post-Acute and Behavioral Health Facilities to notify EMS and hospital emergency departments PRIOR TO TRANSFER of the Resident/Patient’s COVID-19 status. This tool should be used to document the Resident/Patient’s current clinical and COVID-19 status.

Executive / Emergency Orders

Complete List of all COVID-19 Orders: https://www.flgov.com/covid-19/

5/3/2021: Executive Order 21-101 – Invalidates all remaining local emergency orders based on the COVID-19 Emergency
5/3/2021: Executive Order 21-102 – Suspends all remaining local government mandates and restrictions based on the COVID-19 State of Emergency
4/27/21: Executive Order 21-94 – Extends Executive Order 20-52 re: COVID-19
4/2/2021: Executive Order 21-81 – Prohibits vaccine passports
3/23/2021: DEM 21-001 – Florida Division of Emergency Management Issues Emergency Order to lift visitation restrictions in long-term care facilities.
1/21/2021: DOH Public Health Advisory – Florida surgeon general orders COVID-19 vaccine be restricted to residents
12/1/2020: AHCA Emergency Rule 59AER20-14 – Mandatory Entry to Conduct Voluntary COVID-19 Vaccinations of Assisted Living Facility Staff and Residents
11/24/2020: Executive Order 20-297 – Extending Executive Order 20-244: Phase 3; Right to Work; Business Certainty; Suspension of Fines
11/2/2020: AHCA Emergency Rule 59AER20-12 – Mandatory entry and testing for assisted living facilities
11/2/2020: AHCA Emergency Rule 59AER20-11 – Updates directions for hospitals re: discharge of long-term care facility residents who were COVID-positive
9/1/2020: DEM Emergency Order 20-009 – Lifts restrictions for visitation to nursing homes, assisted living facilities ALFs, adult family-care homes, adult group homes and other long-term care facilities.
8/14/2020: DOH Emergency Order 20-112 – Allows certain health care professionals to reactivate their licenses in response to the public health emergency; allows certain health care students to use mannequins or simulated patients in learning environments; suspends the requirement for a skills demonstration to completed a CNA training program; and extends some licensure renewal dates.
8/5/2020: AHCA Emergency Rule 59AER20-8 – Replaces the previous Emergency Rule 59AER20-6 and more closely aligns the Hospital Screening requirements with the Centers for Disease Control guidance related to the Discontinuation of Transmission-Based Precautions.
7/21/2020: DOH Public Health Advisory – Recommends the use of face coverings; limits the size of gatherings to 10 or fewer people; encourages vulnerable populations to stay home.
7/7/2020: Executive Order 20-166 – Extends the state of emergency declared in Executive Order 20-52, as extended by Executive Order 20-114, for 60 days.
7/1/2020: DOH Emergency Order 20-011 – This Emergency Order extends Emergency Orders 20-001 and 20-002 which were set to expire. It also includes a new statutory waiver for section 456.023 in Section 3.
6/22/2020: DOH Public Health Advisory – Updates Advisory issues March 25, 2020; encourages vulnerable populations to limit personal interactions outside of their homes; encourages all citizens to wear face coverings in situations where social distancing is not possible, unless certain restrictions apply as defined by the CDC; and encourages people to avoid gatherings of 50 people or more.
6/16/2020: AHCA Emergency Rule 59AER20-4 – Requires assisted living facility staff to be tested for COVID-19 every two weeks
6/3/2020: Executive Order 20-139 – Phase 2: Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan for Florida’s Recovery
6/3/2020: Phase 2: Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan for Florida’s Recovery
5/18/2020: Emergency Order 20-123 – Full Phase I: Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan for Florida’s Recovery
5/11/2020: Emergency Order 20-120 – Begins Phase 1 of reopening for Palm Beach County
5/10/2020: AHCA Emergency Rule 59AER20-2 – Mandatory Entry and Testing for Assisted Living Facilities
5/10/2020: AHCA Emergency Rule 59AER20-3 – Mandatory Entry for Testing and Infection Control for Nursing Homes
5/8/2020: Executive Order 20-114 – Extends the declared state of emergency for an additional 60 days
4/30/2020: DOH Renewal of Declaration of Public Health Emergency COVID-19
4/30/2020: Executive Order 20-112 – Describes Phase 1 of reopening the state
4/15/2020: DOH Emergency Order 20-04 – Extends EO 20-02 through May 8, 2020
4/1/2020: Executive Order 20-92 – Amends Executive Order 20-91 re: Essential Services and Activities During COVID-19 Emergency
4/1/2020: Executive 20-91 – Clarifies that EO 20-90 supersedes any conflicting official action or order issued by local officials.
3/31/2020: DOH Emergency Order 20-004 – Allows authorized health care practitioners with clear and active licenses in the state of Florida may use audio-only telephone calls in providing health care services to existing patients; allows physicians and other appropriate medical staff to renew prescriptions for controlled substances treating specific conditions without the need to conduct a physical examination of the patient. These practitioners may substitute telehealth services for the physical examination; allows Volunteer Health Care Provider Program providers to provide health care services under the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program.
4/1/2020: Executive Order 20-91 – Issues a statewide stay-at-home order, limiting personal movements and interactions outside of peoples’ homes to only those necessary to obtain or provide essential services or conduct essential activities.
3/31/2020: Executive Order 20-89 – Instructs Miami-Dade County, Broward County, Palm Beach County and Monroe County to restrict public access to businesses and facilities deemed non-essential pursuant to the guidelines.
3/27/2020: Executive Order 20-86 – Imposes a 14-day self isolation period on anyone who enters the State of Florida from an area with substantial community spread, including Louisiana; directs people who have traveled from an area with substantial community spread to inform any individual in Florida with whom they have had direct physical contact in the past 21 days; establishes highway checkpoints for people and vehicles entering the State of Florida and requires those people to provide information about their origin of their travel and the address at which they will self-isolate.
3/24/2020: Executive Order 20-83 – Directs the Department of Health to issue public health advisories urging anyone over the age of 65 and anyone with a serious underlying medical condition that places them at a high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 to stay home and to take any other measures necessary to limit their risk of exposure to COVID-19; directs the Department of Health to issue a public health advisory against all social or recreational gatherings of 10 or more people; and directs the Department of Health to issue a public health advisory urging people who can work remotely to do so.
3/24/2020: Executive Order 20-82 – Adds a penalty of a second-degree misdemeanor to violation of Executive Order 20-80; requires the person to inform any person they have been in contact with in the past 21 days that they have traveled from an area of substantial community spread; requires any law enforcement officer who interacts with someone in violation of the order to report it.
3/23/2020: Executive Order 20-80 – Imposes a 14-day self-isolation order on anyone traveling to Florida from an area with substantial community spread, including New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, to begin upon their arrival in Florida.
3/21/2020: DOH Emergency Order 20-003 – Extends renewal deadline for any professional license issued by the Department or a Department board or council to May 31, 2020; allows state licensing boards to conduct licensure approval and denial hearings, and some disciplinary hearings, through teleconferencing or other technological means; allows some training for licensure to be done via supervised remote live videoconferencing; expands telehealth options for 30 days; allows licensed/certified EMTs and paramedics to provide basic or advanced life support in an acute care setting at a licensed hospital.
3/20/2020: Executive Order 20-72 – Suspends non-essential elective medical procedures
3/20/2020: Executive Order 20-71 – Suspends the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; allows vendors to continue to sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption; suspends on-premises food consumption for customers for all restaurants and food establishments; allows continued sales for delivery or take-out; and closes gyms and fitness centers, excluding specified hotels, residential buildings, etc.
3/20/2020: Executive Order 20-70 – Closes on-premises services for restaurants, bars, etc., with seating for more than 10 people in Broward and Palm Beach Counties; exempts grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations, etc.
3/19/2020: CFO Directive 20-02 – Ensures that hospitals and medical facilities can safely erect temporary medical facilities and gives temporary health facilities first priority for fire safety inspections and certification to facilitate rapid expansion of Florida’s inpatient bed capacity, if needed.
3/17/2020: Executive Order 20-68 – Suspends for 30 days the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises by establishments that derive more than 50% of their gross revenue from the sale of alcoholic beverages.
3/15/2020: DEM Emergency Order 20-006 – Implements a 30-day ban on visits to nursing centers, assisted living facilities and adult group homes throughout the state. Exceptions may be made for compassionate cases, based on new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC.
3/14/2020: FLHSMV Emergency Order 20-52
3/13/2020: DEM Emergency Order 20-005 – Implements a 30-day ban on visits to nursing centers, assisted living facilities and adult group homes in Broward County.
3/13/2020: FDOT Emergency Order 20-52
3/13/2020: FDOT Memo re: Emergency Road Use Permit
3/11/2020: DEM Emergency Order 20-002 – Implements limits on who can visit nursing centers, assisted living facilities and adult group homes.
3/9/2020: Executive Order 20-52 – Declares a state of emergency in Florida
3/1/2020: Executive Order 20-51 – Declares a public health emergency in Florida

AHCA ALERTS

Please note: This list may be partial or may not reflect the most up-to-date information. Additional information is available on AHCA’s website.

NEWEST 4/12/2021: Vaccine Allocation Request Process for Long-Term Care Providers

3/29/2021: AHCA FAQs on Visitation

3/23/2021: AHCA: State Limitations on Long-Term Care Facility Visitation Lifted

2/16/2021: AHCA’s ESS: Daily Long Term Care Facilities Reporting Update

1/21/2021: COVID-19 Vaccinations for Assisted Living Facilities Updated Information

1/21/2021: CVS Vaccine Program Update

1/15/2021: COVID-19 Vaccinations for Assisted Living Facilities FAQs

1/12/2021: AHCA memo to LTC facilities re: CDR vaccinations

1/7/2021: AHCA E-blast COVID-19 Vaccinations for Assisted Living Facilities

12/1/2020: AHCA Emergency Rule 59AER20-14 – Mandatory Entry to Conduct Voluntary COVID-19 Vaccinations of Assisted Living Facility Staff and Residents

12/1/2020: AHCA’s ESS: Daily Long Term Care Facilities Reporting Update

11/20/2020: CMS Holiday Guidance for Long Term Care Facilities

11/18/2020: Long Term Care Facilities Update

11/4/2020: AHCA FAQs: Long-Term Care Facility Visitation Expectations

10/22/2020: AHCA’s ESS: Daily Long Term Care Facilities Reporting Update

10/22/2020: Mandatory Department of Health COVID-19 Reporting Requirements for Laboratories and Point of Care COVID-19 Testing

9/15/2020: COVID Isolation Facility Update

9/11/2020: The Emergency Rules requiring biweekly staff testing for nursing homes and assisted living facilities will expire September 13th and will not be renewed.

7/20/2020: Long-Term Care Facilities Transfers and Testing Updates

7/16/2020: Long-term Care Testing Clarification

7/14/2020: Mandatory Reporting of COVID-19 test results under Section 381.0031, F.S. and 42 CFR §493.1101

7/8/2020: Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities Total Number of Staff for Curative Testing ESS Entry Required by July 9th

7/2/2020: Mandatory COVID-19 Testing for Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Staff Logistics Initial Testing Deadline Extended to July 10

7/2/2020: Additional COVID Isolation Centers Available

6/30/2020: AHCA’s ESS: Reporting Updates – Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Providers

6/23/2020: Mandatory COVID-19 Testing for Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Staff Logistics

6/22/2020: Important Funding Announcement for all Medicaid Providers

6/16/2020: Emergency Rule: COVID-19 Testing for Nursing Home and Assisted Living Facility Staff Required Every Two Weeks

6/11/2020: Updated: Important Funding Announcement for All Medicaid Providers

6/5/2020: Regional Resource: COVID Isolation Centers

5/29/2020: AHCA Hurricane Prep Plan

5/28/2020: AHCA’s ESS: Reporting Updates – LTC Facilities

5/18/2020: 2020 Preseason Letter

5/13/2020: AHCA’s ESS: Reporting Updates – LTC Facilities

5/10/2020: Emergency Rules Requiring Staff COVID-19 Testing at Long-term Care Facilities

5/5/2020: Emergency Rule Alert: Hospital COVID-19 Testing Requirements for Long-term Care Facility Residents

5/5/2020: Emergency Rule 59AER20-1 (including rule documentation)

4/27/2020

Coordination of Long Term Care Facility COVID-19 Testing

4/25/2020

AHCA’s ESS: Reporting Updates – LTC Facilities

4/17/2020

Long-term Care and Residential Facility Notification Requirement Reminder
Trainings Available Through the CDC for Health Care Providers

4/15/2020

Visitor Restriction Emergency Order Remains in Place

4/2/2020

Statewide Hospital Bed Capacity Dashboard

4/1/2020

Updated ESS Info for Nursing Home and Assisted Living Providers

3/28/2020

Health Care Provider Background Screening
AHCA Emergency Order 20-001
COVID-19 Facility Site Visit

3/22/2020

COVID-19 Testing of Asymptomatic Staff and Residents

3/21/2020

Be Aware of Current Hospital and Physician COVID-19 Testing Criteria for Elderly and Medically Vulnerable Individuals
Guidance for Senior Living Communities (Independent Living)
Summoning Local Law Enforcement to Facilities

3/20/2020: SNF to Hospital Transfer Form

3/20/2020: Guidance and Clarification on Division of Emergency Management (DEM) Emergency Order No. 20-006

3/18/2020: Hospital and Physician COVID-19 Testing Criteria for Elderly and Medically Frail

3/18/2020: Employee Screening Tool

3/17/2020: Visitor Screening Tool

3/17/2020: DOH: Health Care Professional Travel Letter

3/16/2020: Medicaid Coverage of Services During the State of Emergency Related to COVID-19

3/16/2020: Employee Criteria Not Met Log

3/16/2020: Visitor Criteria Not Met Log

3/16/2020: COVID-19 Emergency Requisition Request Form

3/15/2020: Emergency Order Visitation Limits at Residential, Skilled Nursing and Long-term Care Facilities

3/15/2020: Emergency Status System Activation and Reporting

3/13/2020: Novel Coronavirus Update for Health Care Facilities and Providers

3/12/2020: COVID-19 Facility Visitor Screening Toolkit

3/11/2020: COVID-19 Transfer Communication Tool

3/11/2020: Emergency Order 20-002 Re: Prohibiting Certain Individuals from Visiting Facilities

3/9/2020: Executive Order 20-52: Emergency Management-COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
CDC Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines

2/20/2020: New ICD-10-CM code for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19

2/20/2020: ICD-10-CM Official Coding Guidelines – Supplement Coding encounters related to COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak

2/6/2020: Information for Healthcare Facilities Concerning 2019 Novel Coronavirus Illness

1/31/2020: Detection and Reporting of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

FSLA EMAIL ALERTS

florida Resources

DOH: Clinical Screening Tool for Identifying Persons Under Investigation with COVID-19 (5/11/2020)

EOG: FAQs for EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-91 – Essential Services and Activities during COVID-19

DEM: Essential Services List

DOH: Assessment of LTC Facility Guidance – Overview of what local Emergency Management Services Teams review during their Needs Assessment visits of ALFs. (4/1/20)

DOEA – Elder Needs Index Maps (4/1/2020)
DOEA – 2018 County Profiles (4/1/2020)

FDACS – Food Supply Chain Worker Safety (3/31/2020)

DOEA – COVID-19 DOEA Emergency Order 20-01 Revised (pursuant to Executive Order 20-52) (3/31/2020)

DOEA – Guidance from the Department of Elder Affairs (RE: DOEA Emergency Order 20-01 Revised) (3/31/2020)

AHCA – Personal Care Attendants

The Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) has approved skilled facilities’ (Chapter 400 F.S.) ability to temporarily allow Personal Care Attendants (PCA) to perform resident care procedures currently delivered by Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA). (3/28/2020)

DOEA: Coronavirus Tips for Caregivers (3/30/2020)

DOH: Livescan Vendor Service Providers

DOH: COVID-19 Call Center Script (3/20/2020)
DOH: Health Care Professional Travel Letter (3/17/2020) / Sample Facility Letter (3/24/2020)

AHCA: COVID-19 Resources for Facilities and Medicaid Providers

DOH: State of Florida Interactive Data and Surveillance Map

DOH and AHCA: COVID-19 Update

DOH: Health Care Coalitions in Florida

County Health Departments: Reporting Possible Infectious Outbreaks

Florida DOH: COVID-19 Statistics

COVID-19 Call Center – 8am-8pm EST
1-866-779-6121
COVID-19@flhealth.gov

DEO: Business Damage Assessment Survey

National Resources

CDC: Overview of Testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) (8/24/20)

CDC: COVID-19 Guidance for Shared or Congregate Housing (4/27/20)

FEMA: Eligible Emergency Protective Measures

CMS: COVID-19 Long-Term Care Facility Guidance (4/2/20)

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services concluded their site visits with revised recommendations to Long-Term Care Facilities.

Senior Medicare Patrol: Tips for Protecting Yourself and Medicare (3/25/2020)

FEMA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Emergency Medical Care (3/20/2020)

CDC: Preparing for COVID-19: Long-term Care Facilities, Nursing Homes

CDC: Florida Community Mitigation

CDC: Preventing the Spread of COVID-19 in Retirement Communities and Independent Living Facilities (Interim Guidance)

CDC: Interim Guidance for Health Care Personnel Returning to Work with Confirmed or Suspected COVID-19

CDC: Guidance on PPE

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: Emergency Declaration 2020-002

U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC): Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

The nation’s portal for COVID-19 information for health care professionals and the general public.

Johns Hopkins CSSE: Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Cleaning: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2

U.S. Centers for Disease Control: Print Resources

CDC: Respiratory Surveillance Line List

CDC: Nursing Home and Assisted Living Infection Prevention Training

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FSLA Infection Control Regulatory Overview (Members Only)

Last month, members received the FSLA Infection Control Regulatory Overview in the Assisted Living Administrative Rule Review (2/6). The Overview summarizes infection control actions for which Assisted Living Communities are responsible. If you missed your copy, contact staff at lgriffin@floridaseniorliving.org with Infection Control Overview in the Subject.

Argentum: Coronavirus Preparation and Response Toolkit

Argentum: Sample Messaging for Media, Staff and Family (members only)

American Health Care Association: Sample Letter for Resident and Families