Fully 21% of beneficiaries have forgone needed healthcare for something other than COVID-19. Nearly half say they did not want to risk being at a medical facility, according to CMS.
Weekly nursing home case counts rose in late September, corresponding with a growing number of infections in the general population, the AHCA reports. Replenished relief funding will help prevent another surge, it says.
The agency has a plan to expedite the new coverage and will provide more information before the end of October, Verma said. CMS is also working on appropriate Medicare fees for administration of potential vaccines.
Skilled nursing providers could still be negatively impacted despite SNF Quality Reporting Program data being frozen on the Nursing Home Compare site through 2022, a leading expert warned.
The effectiveness of the federal government’s move to extend the repayment terms for providers who received advanced Medicare payments during the pandemic will depend “how quickly the industry and entities most impacted are able to rebound,” one expert predicted.
Nursing home residents are “top of mind” among possible first recipients for a COVID-19 vaccine, said CMS Administrator Seema Verma at a Wednesday Q&A session.
Federal lawmakers recommended that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services should revisit its infection control policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic’s severe impact on nursing homes.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s response to a highly anticipated report by the Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes has been disappointing for one long-term care provider advocacy group.
Providers who fail to facilitate in-person visitations “without a reasonable clinical or safety cause” could be cited and face other penalties under new guidance issued Thursday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The much-anticipated report outlining COVID-19 problems in nursing homes and offering corresponding recommendations elicited a range of opinions from stakeholders Thursday.
