to facility names, number of COVID-19 suspected and confirmed cases, and deaths). LTC facilities should note that these obligations are inaddition totheir existing duty to report possible incidents of communicable diseases and infections, including state and...
CMS proposes numerous changes to implement statutory requirements enacted under theConsolidated Appropriations Act of 2021(CAA 2021), including the addition of 1,000 residency slots over five years. CMS may not distribute more than 200 of those slots per year. As such, CMS proposes to make 200 ...
As a result of state and CMS requirements, NHSN has emerged as the primary system used for HAI surveillance and reporting in the U.S. This development, in turn, has led to important changes and improvements to NHSN. These changes have been implemented for the purposes of reducing subjectivity...
With respect to the behavioral offset, CMS finalized a methodology to “satisfy the statutory requirements … reduce the need for any future large permanent adjustments and help slow the accrual of the temporary payment adjustment amount.” A reminder CMS has already finalized two previous reductions ...