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The independent, 25-member Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes (Commission) convened earlier this year by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to study lessons learned from the early...more
Effective September 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented an interim final rule with comment period to bolster its regulatory authority in addressing a number of issues relating to CMS's...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in healthcare regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies, and...more
Due to the high risk for infection, serious illness and death in long term care (“LTC”) facilities, CMS is amending the current infection control requirements for LTC facilities by adding obligation to “test all of its...more
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
While much of the COVID-19 testing has been done by government and private dedicated laboratories, many providers in the acute and long-term care space are moving towards providing their own CLIA-waived tests. ...more