“Now more than ever, nursing homes must be vigilant in adhering to federal guidelines related to infection control to prevent the spread of infectious disease, including COVID-19,” Administrator Verma stated. “We will continue to hold nursing homes accountable and work with ...
CMS hasreleasedguidance to help healthcare providers prepare for the eventual end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) and the accompanying waivers and flexibilities. When the pandemic hit,CMS used emergency authority waivers, regulations, enforcement discretion, and sub-regula...
This week, CMS released its Skilled Nursing Facility and Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rules and HHS announced the establishment of the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice. Read more about these actions and other news below. I. Regulations, Notices & Guidance On July 31, ...
for COVID-19 to reflect these new reporting requirements—the new tools are available in the newCMS guidanceand in the COVID-19 Focused Survey subfolder on the CMS Nursing Homes website. The guidance directs surveyors to begin using these revised do...
On January 19, 2023, HHS OIG published a report entitled,More Than a Thousand Nursing Homes Reached Infection Rates of 75 Percent or More in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic; Better Protections Are Needed for Future Emergencies. This report examines the extent to which nursing homes ...
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...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has faced backlash for his early decision to prohibit nursing homes from rejecting patients who had tested positive for COVID-19 after they were discharged from the hospital. The policy, which has since been reversed, came underrenewed scrutinyafter data found an estim...
On Monday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released aninterim final rulewith comment period outlining new flexibilities to pre-existing Medicare and Medicaid payment policies and provider regulations in the midst of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE). The interi...
staffing requirements at nursing homes, at one point trying to reverse this rule in aspending billdue this week. Democrats say the requirements are necessary to ensure quality of care, while critics and industry interests say the mandate is unrealistic and will push nursing homes ou...
them, even with a decent telehealth base. “We were seeing somewhere around 18 percent of telehealth [visits] pre-covid. Around the height of it, we’re seeing 80 percent.” They also have pilots in place to put technology in the homes of those who need it, and realize its limitations...