On April 8, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued updated infection control guidance, based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in various inpatient and outpatient care settings. The guidance is part of ...
Last September, CMSissuedrecommendations for nursing homes to facilitate outdoor visitation and allow for indoor visits if there hadn't been any new COVID-19 cases for two weeks. In addition, theCDCshared this weekthat fully vaccinated people can spend time with other fully vaccinated people indo...
“The new CMS guidelines allows healthcare systems, hospitals, and communities to set up testing and screening sites exclusively for the purpose of identifying COVID-19 positive patients in a safe environment,” CMS said of the regulatory flexibilities granted across the healthca...