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

Hall Render

to establish a new requirement for nursing homes to test their nursing home residents and staff, including individuals providing services under arrangement and volunteers. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-886. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-887. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-888.

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

Hall Render

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has retooled guidance it armed surveyors with regarding how to survey skilled nursing facilities for compliance with the CMS staff vaccine requirements. Key Surveyor Guidance Revisions. F-888 is the citation tag that was created under 42 CFR Section 483.80(i), Background.

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