“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.