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CMS Reporting Tools and Enforcement Action Against Nursing Homes during COVID-19

May 06 2020

As discussed in our previous blog post, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented new communicable disease reporting requirements.  Effective May 1, 2020, CMS released the interim final rule, outlining additional reporting requirements.

The additional reporting requirements include the following:

  • Suspected and confirmed COVID-19 infections
  • Total deaths
  • COVID-19-related deaths
  • PPE and hand hygiene supplies
  • Ventilator capacity and supplies
  • Resident beds and census
  • Access to testing
  • Staffing shortages information

The CDC also introduced the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN), a module to streamline reporting while ensuring appropriate tracking, response and mitigation of COVID-19 infection among nursing homes residents and staff. Guidance for navigating the module can be found here.

According to Federal regulators, nursing homes will face weekly fines of $1,000. We will continue to follow developments closely to assess the CDC’s imposition of fines and other actions in response to non-compliance with the new requirements.

If you have questions or concerns about this guidance, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Written by Stotler Hayes · Categorized: COVID-19

Stotler Hayes Group, LLC is a national, boutique law firm focused on optimizing recovery for health care providers through Medicaid, Medicare, private collections, training and education. Our attorneys are licensed in, and represent clients before, federal and state courts and agencies in a majority of states around the country.

In the handful of states where Stotler Hayes Group, LLC does not employ a full-time attorney, referrals are made to local counsel, many of whom we have developed close working relationships with over the years. In those cases, our firm works with local counsel throughout the pendency of the case.

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