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Long Term Care Update: As Winter Arrives, CMS Renews its Emphasis on COVID-19 Vaccinations, Bivalent Boosters and Timely Therapeutic Treatments

Healthcare Law Blog

Addressing Declines in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and COVID-19 Treatment. A pre-Thanksgiving analysis of this data revealed that just 45% of SNF residents and 23% of SNF staff were up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines and boosters. [i].

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

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 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) as they embark on complying with the new CMS COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their staff.

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

MedTrainer

That includes many compliance professionals. There are plenty of compliance implications for the end of the Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023 , and an assessment is a great place to start. Nursing homes must still provide annual emergency preparedness training. Hard to believe, huh?

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Medicare & Medicaid Facilities Are Put On Notice: Employees Must Be Vaccinated

Health Law RX

Medicare and Medicaid certified facilities will be required to ensure that their employees are vaccinated for COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on September 9, 2021. The Interim Final Rule will apply to any healthcare facility receiving Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement.

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Highlights from the HHS-OIG 2023 Spring Semiannual Report

Provider Trust

OIG also remains engaged with federal partners like the Department of Justice (DOJ) to identify and prosecute individuals who exploit the COVID-19 response for their own gain. During this reporting period, an individual was sentenced to three years of probation for fabricating false COVID-19 vaccine records.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

nursing home advocate: industry in ‘death spiral’ from lack of health care providers, low pay Georgia medical center named one of the ‘most beautiful hospitals in the U.S.’