Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Visit this website daily for the latest information that AHCA has to share about COVID-19. As concerns arise with the emerging coronavirus, officially named COVID-19, we are working with our state partners, including Arkansas Department of Health and Arkansas Department of Human Services to ensure nursing centers receive necessary guidance to prevent the spread of this disease.

Questions? Email covid19@arhealthcare.com.

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AHCA

• AHCA Letter to Media Partners (Mar. 22, 2020)

Notifications & Reporting Cases

• Reporting to the Arkansas Department of Health
  • The ADH Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Program has changed the process for reporting results as of 9/24/2020. This will replace the previous Resident and Staff excel sheet method of reporting. Please report cases to the HAI program as described below.  
    • All COVID-19 positive cases should be faxed attention to ADH HAI at 501-614-5425 within 48 hours of receiving the result. 
    • Fax “ADH HAI COVID-19 Coversheet” for any new positives. 
    • Attach “ADH HAI COVID-19 Demographic Report” if any new positive cases are residents. 
    • Fax the resident “ADH HAI COVID-19 Demographic Report” when a positive resident becomes symptomatic for COVID-19.                                                               
    • Facilities must also report ALL (positive and negative) Antigen Point of Care (POC) results by: 
      • Request Antigen Reporting Account Activation by filling out the following link. (This can be done proactively)
      • https://adhredcap.arkansas.gov/redcap/surveys/?s=LM79CNJJFH   
    • Once activated please use the link below to report ALL (positive and negative) Antigen (POC) results within 48 hours of receiving the result.
      • https://covid19reportingtool.adh.arkansas.gov/
    • Please see the portal instructions and Congregate Settings reporting forms, as well as link to a Zoom recording for reporting test results to ADH.
      • Zoom recording: https://arkansas-gov.zoom.us/rec/share/7a9Z3hS0StTy8_ktQTIJ-7qLscDZN_oDCNeeXxfC4jRbMiQio1jQ7wlxl7Idnb61.XEfe9N3bDAuE4ZkD?startTime=1600801926000
      • Password for Zoom recording: 4.Q0$6W1
    • Use this survey link to sign up for a portal login: https://adhredcap.arkansas.gov/redcap/surveys/?s=LM79CNJJFH
    • Click here to access ADH's portal instructions.
  • Click here to access ADH's Residential Congregate Setting Reporting Form Cover Sheet.
  • Click here to access ADH's Residential Congregate Setting Reporting Form.
  • Facilities may reach the HAI team by email or calling 501-280-4368.
• NHSN Reporting
  • LTCF COVID-19 Module
• Resources
  • Notification Guidelines for Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Assisted Living
  • Template Letter to Residents and Families
  • Communication Strategies for Keeping Families Up to Date
  • Quality Assurance: 7 Ways That Data Quality Can Fail
• Regulatory Requirements
  • CMS Interim Final Rule Updating Requirements for Notification of Confirmed and Suspected COVID-19 Cases Among Residents and Staff in Nursing Homes
  • Summary of CMS Reporting Requirements of Confirmed or Suspected Cases
  • Sample Independent Information Dispute Resolution (IIDR) Request
  • Reporting Staff Cases to OSHA