CMS has posted the latest edition of Toolkit on State Actions to Mitigate COVID-19 Prevalence in Nursing Homes – Version 7. This version has 160 pages. As with the other versions, here are the Disclaimer (initial 4 paragraphs) and Acknowledgement statements (last paragraph): This document is a compilation of actions employed … Read More
More than $15 million in fines to nursing homes during COVID-19 pandemic
Those words were the headlines of a CMS Press Release issued the afternoon of August 14, 2020. The subheading reads: CMS Enforcement Action Against Nursing Homes Triples compared to last year. Below is a significant excerpt from that Press Release (bolding added by me): Under the leadership of President Trump, … Read More
COVID-19 information/resource updates … week of August 10, 2020
COVID-19 Nursing Home Data has been updated again. Currently on display is data for week ending August 2, 2020. Iowa Guidance on Phased Easing of Restrictions for Long-Term Care Facilities was most recently updated on August 10, 2020. Prior to that, the guidance carried an update of June 30, 2020. The June … Read More
SNF Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) FAQs updated
CMS has updated the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program: Frequently Asked Questions document. Here’s the Table of Contents for this 11-page document: Page 10 also includes the FAQ for: Will the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) impact SNF VBP Program policies? Want to keep up with the changing COVID-19 situation in … Read More
Report: Special COVID-19 nursing home call with Seema Verma – Thursday, August 13, 2020
This special CMS call concluded a few minutes ago. It was an SOS call, if you will – you could sense the gravity and seriousness by the tone of the introduction and throughout the call. Seema Verma, CMS Administrator, began the call by say that CMS is “deeply concerned” about … Read More