McKnight's February 18, 2022
On Feb. 9, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services sent a memo to state survey agency directors, asking state departments of public health to properly survey for certification requirements. Otherwise, the states would suffer the consequences of a potential reduction in federal funding for failing to adequately survey facilities.
The memo was spurred by rumblings among certain states that were against CMS’ mandatory COVID-19 vaccination rule, which was recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, with a couple twists of drama.
In the face of the Supreme Court decision, some surveying agencies are reportedly quietly “whispering” that they will not wholeheartedly tag facilities that aren’t meeting the CMS vaccine mandate requirements.
But good for CMS. Some...
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