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Skilled Nursing Update: CMS Adds New F Tag and Survey Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement Regulations – REVISED

Hall Render

Note: This article has been revised to include information on the Group 2 states as of January 18, 2022. Staff does not include anyone who provides only telemedicine services or support services outside of the facility and who does not have any direct contact with residents.

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COVID-related enforcement actions 

YouCompli

This month’s article looks at COVID enforcements.?? ?. The program was specifically designed to vaccinate long-term care facility residents and staff when doses of COVID-19 vaccine became available. Guarantee you get the vaccine.”. Wolf, MD provides enforcement action summaries for the YouCompli blog.

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Nursing Home Update: CMS Unwinds Vaccine Mandate and More Regulations as Public Health Emergency End Nears

Hall Render

For this alert, “nursing homes” refers to skilled nursing facilities (often known as “SNFs”). COVID Regulations Impacted CMS issued several interim final rules during the PHE. COVID Testing Requirements. In 2020, CMS revised the nursing home infection control regulations at 42 CFR § 483.80

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Skilled Nursing Update: CMS Hands Surveyors Details on How to Review the Staff Vaccine Requirement

Hall Render

Nursing homes face possible citations, civil monetary penalties, denial of payments and—as a final measure—termination of participation from the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the CMS as they embark on complying with the new CMS COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their staff. Staff Interviews.

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Nursing Home Update: CMS Confirms Acute Respiratory Illness Reporting Requirements

Hall Render

NHSN Module Is Updated The NHSN Long-Term Care Facility COVID-19 Module is available and has been updated to include the new data elements that LTC Facilities must report. LTC Facilities should immediately gain access to the NHSN system and visit the home page for important information.

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Weekly HCRE Briefing: Rural Hospitals Improve Margins Through M&A | Concord, MA Seeks to Implement PILOT on Non-Profit Hospitals

Hall Render

A study by Oregon Health & Science University found increased housing and food insecurity among Medicaid and Medicare recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic, which also correlated with poorer health outcomes. Special thanks to Olivia Allison, undergraduate intern, for her assistance in preparing this article.

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Compliance Implications for the End of the Federal Public Health Emergency (PHE)

MedTrainer

You’ve got plenty of tools and training courses to utilize and this article will provide a quick checklist for changes that are common to many sectors. Many of those are impacted by the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). Nursing homes must still provide annual emergency preparedness training.