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THIS MESSAGE IS FOR ALL LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
Greetings Providers,
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has released provider letters regarding the impact of the federally declared Public Health Emergency expiration, set for May 11, 2023, on COVID-19 reporting requirements.
Effective May 12, 2023, skilled nursing facilities, home for the aged and adult foster care facilities licensed for 13 or more individuals are no longer required to report weekly COVID-19 data elements to the State into the enhanced reporting systems, EMResource and Qualtrics, and must return to standard communicable disease reporting. The last date that facilities are expected to complete reporting into EMResource or Qualtrics will be May 10, 2023.
Skilled nursing facilities that are part of the MDHHS Care and Recovery Center (CRC) program will still be required to report weekly program monitoring data elements to the State through the EMResource reporting system beyond the expiration of the PHE on May 11, 2023.
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) Reporting
MDHHS will no longer continue to transmit SNF-reported COVID-19 data sets to NHSN on the facility’s behalf via EMResource pass-through. Facilities that have relied on MDHHS to submit COVID-19 surveillance data submission to NHSN via EMResource pass-through to meet federal requirements will be responsible for directly submitting their COVID-19 surveillance data into the NHSN reporting platform as outlined by federal reporting guidelines. SNFs must ensure they have access to the NHSN reporting system to meet federal reporting requirements, prior to May 12, 2023.
Support
General Questions about COVID-19 can be sent to MDHHS-MSA-COVID19@michigan.gov Questions about NHSN Reporting can be sent to MDHHS-SHARP@michigan.gov
Resources
MDHHS provides additional guidance through resources on the Long Term Care COVID-19 Plan webpage to support facilities in implementing procedures to be followed during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure continuation of essential public health services and enforcement of health laws.
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