Nursing Homes

Infection Control in Nursing Homes Project

If you are a nursing home in Pennsylvania or West Virginia, please join us as a member of our Nursing Home Learning & Action Network (LAN) to participate in our new project on improving infection control practices.

Resources:

• CMS Podcast "CMS Beyond the Policy:  Nursing Home Series for Frontline Clinicians and Staff"
• CMS Nursing Home Best Practices Toolkit to Combat COVID-19 (5/13/20)
• Creative Caring Through a Crisis flyer
• CMS COVID-19 Long-term Care Facility Transfer Scenarios (4/13/20) 
• CDC Infection Prevention and Control Assessment Tool for Long-term Care Facilities 
• COVID-19 Focused Survey Tool for Nursing Homes
• Summary of the COVID-19 Focused Survey Tool for Nursing Homes
• COVID-19 Preparedness Checklist for Nursing Homes
• Long-term Care Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Toolkit

News:

• CMS Urges Nursing Homes to Follow Established COVID Guidelines this Holiday Season (11/18/20)
• CMS Releases Nursing Home COVID-19 Training Data with Urgent Call to Action (11/17/20)
• CMS Updates Testing Methodology for Nursing Homes (9/29/20)
• CMS Announces New Guidance for Safe Visitation in Nursing Homes During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (9/17/20)
• CMS Announces the Distribution of $2.5 Billion to Nursing Homes for COVID-19 Relief Funding (8/27/20)
• CMS Memo Updates the Interim Final Rule to Include Requirements for Reporting of COVID-19 Test Results (8/26/20)
• CMS Launches National Training Program to Strengthen Nursing Home Infection Control Practices (8/25/20)
• CMS Provides New Resources to Protect Nursing Home Residents From COVID-19 (7/22/20)
• CMS Directs Additional Resources to Nursing Homes in COVID-19 Hotspot Areas (7/10/20)
• Blanket Waiver Requiring Nursing Homes to Submit Staffing Data to End (6/25/20)
• CMS Provides Guidance on Medicare Coverage of COVID-19 Testing for Nursing Home Residents (6/19/20)
• CMS Announces Membership of Independent Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes (6/19/20)
• Nursing Home COVID-19 Data and Inspections Results Now Available on Nursing Home Compare (6/4/20)
• CMS Unveils Enhanced Enforcement Actions Based on Nursing Home COVID-19 Data and Inspection Results (6/1/20)
• CMS Issues Guidance to Ensure States Have a Plan in Place to Safely Reopen Nursing Homes (5/18/20)
• Updated MDS 3.0 Item Sets v1.17.2 and Technical Data Specs Now Available (5/15/20)
• Interim Final Rule Updating Requirements for Notification of COVID-19 Cases Among Residents and Staff in Nursing Homes (5/6/20)