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 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:

• 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)
• CMS Announces Independent Commission to Address Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes (4/30/20)
• CMS Announces New Nursing Home COVID-19 Transparency Effort (4/19/20)
• CMS and CDC Issue Key Recommendations to Nursing Homes, State and Local Governments (4/2/20)
• CMS Announces Findings at Kirkland Nursing Home and New Targeted Plan for Healthcare Facility Inspections in light of COVID-19 (3/23/20)
• CMS Announces New Measures to Protect Nursing Home Residents from COVID-19 (3/13/20)