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Long-Term Care Facilities Must Educate, Offer, And Report on COVID-19 Vaccinations For Residents And Staff, According To CMS...

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On May 11, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services published an interim final rule/guidance to establish COVID-19 vaccination requirements for Long-Term Care...more

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CMS and CDC Update Guidance for Nursing Home Resident Testing, Visitation, and Communal Activities

Long-term care providers that have been clamoring for updated guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to address the effect of COVID-19...more

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CDC Releases Nursing Home Testing and Management Considerations as Flu Season Begins Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

As if protocols in certain states for dealing with nursing home residents returning from holiday leave weren’t complicated enough in terms of corhorting, the impending influenza season and new considerations from the Centers...more

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CMS Implements Stricter COVID-19 Testing Regulations on Nursing Homes

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As part of a broader Trump administration announcement made on August 25, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued sweeping oversight changes in the form of an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period...more

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West Virginia Updates Nursing Home Reopening Guidance

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Recently, the Office of Health Facility Licensure & Certification and Department of Health and Human Resources released new developments related to COVID-19 in nursing homes, including reopening/community spread guidance,...more

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CMS and CDC “Tag Team” on Point-of-Care Testing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) earlier this month issued a series of frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) regarding the point-of-care (“POC”) program to provide certain Medicare and Medicaid certified...more

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New COVID-19 Testing Requirements for Long Term Care Facilities

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The West Virginia Bureau of Public Health (“BPH”) announced recently it will require weekly testing for any long-term care facility that experiences a single positive case of COVID-19. According to a statement by Shannon...more

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