Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new online platform - the Nursing Home Resource Center - to serve as a centralized hub bringing together the latest information, guidance and data on nursing homes that is important to facilities, frontline providers, re...
CMS on Wednesday (June 29) updated its nursing home guidance on arbitration agreements, surveyors’ use of payroll-based staffing information and infection prevention staff requirements, and the agency also encouraged nursing homes to reduce the number of patients in each room. The agency tied the ...
"Last month, I urged CMS to release clear guidance on nursing home visitation policies," Richard Neal (D-Mass.), the House Ways and Means Committee chairman, said in a statement. "I am glad to see CMS issue clear, updated guidance today in accordance with the CDC for nursing homes to ...
CMS to R.Ph.s: Beware of new nursing home guidanceGuidanceNursing HomesHuman ServicesA compliance guidance for nursing homes proposed by the Office of the Inspector General for the...F. Gebhart
CMS has updated the surveyor assessment tools for COVID-19 to reflect these new reporting requirements—the new tools are available in the new CMS guidance and in the COVID-19 Focused Survey subfolder on the CMS Nursing Homes website. The guidance dire...
CMS has released guidance to help healthcare providers prepare for the eventual end of the COVID-19 public health emergency and the accompanying waivers and flexibilities.
Failure to comply with the healthcare worker vaccine mandate could result in termination from the Medicare and Medicaid programs, according to the latest guidance. Nursing homes, which are required to implement a vaccine mandate policy under a separate rule, are also subject to civil ...
On December 29, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the “Guidance for the Interim Final Rule – Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccinations.” Theinterim final rulewas published on November 5, 2021. ...
Deadline Quickly Approaching for NY Nursing Homes and Owners/Operators Regarding CMS Star-Rating Postings Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLPon12/20/2024 Effective as of December 26, 2024, each nursing home facility (“Facility”) in New York State will be required to post its overall Centers...
In addition, CMS issued guidance on resolving enforcement cases that were on hold because of survey prioritization changes, and released an updated “Toolkit on State Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 Prevalence in Nursing Homes.” [View source.]Send...