CMS Issues Guidance to Protect Nursing Home Residents From COVID-19

Lexology March 19, 2020
Baker & Hostetler LLP

On Mar. 13, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an updated memorandum titled “Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes.” This memo is based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and it recommends that nursing homes take the following measures to protect their residents:

Screening

• Implement active and frequent screening of residents and healthcare personnel for fever and respiratory symptoms.
  • Prompt detection, triage and isolation of potentially infectious residents are essential to prevent unnecessary exposures among residents, healthcare personnel and visitors.
  • Do not permit anyone with symptoms of respiratory infection (fever, cough, shortness of breath or sore throat) to enter the facility at...

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