Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that establishes minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes, aimed at ensuring safe and high-quality care for residents.Harris, EmilyJAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
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...
and even then, they didn't receive all they bargained for once the ink settled. The funding bill extended Medicare telehealth flexibilities and CMS' acute hospital at home program for 90 days, instead of two years. Other provisions, like first dollar coverage of HDHP-HSAs, in-...
Staffing levels should remain adequate to cover a potential COVID-19 surge in the area. CMS also recommends that healthcare providers and staff should wear surgical facemasks at all times unless an N95 respirator is required. Procedures with a higher risk of aerosol transmission should be done ...
But high levels of COVID-19 activity in nursing homes is not a result of inadequate infection control, AHCA/NCAL maintain. “Location of a nursing home, asymptomatic spread and availability of testing – not quality ratings, infection citations or staffing – were determini...