“CMS to ‘Immediately’ Refocus Nursing Home Inspections on Infection Control Amid Coronavirus”

CMS to ‘Immediately’ Refocus Nursing Home Inspections on Infection Control Amid Coronavirus,” by Maggie Flynn, Skilled Nursing News

 

Quote:

“In the wake of an outbreak of the novel coronavirus at a Washington nursing home, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will immediately refocus inspections of skilled nursing facilities on compliance with the agency’s infection control policies — and suspend all non-emergency survey work, the agency announced on Wednesday.”

 

 

LTC Comment (from Stephen A. Moses, President, Center for Long-Term Care Reform):

Virus concerns induce CMS to change survey focus from Medicaid-induced quality problems to survival itself.