Effective May 21, 2021, both Medicare skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) and Medicaid nursing facilities (“NFs”) (collectively “nursing homes”) became subject to revised requirements.
As vaccination rates climb and Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities begin to reopen, the beginning of a return to “normal” also brings the extension of a familiar theme for LTC facilities:.
May 11, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services published an interim final rule/guidance to establish COVID-19 vaccination requirements for Long-Term Care facilities applicable to both residents and staff.
Residents’ medical record must document:
o that resident or resident representative was provided education regarding the benefits and potential risks associated with COVID-19 vaccine;
o each dose of vaccine administered, or that the resident did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine due to refusal or medical contraindications;
o date education and offer of vaccine took place;
o name of representative that received education and accepted/refused vaccine, if applicable; and
o Samples of educational materials used.
LTC facilities need to document vaccine status of residents, including total numbers of residents, numbers of residents vaccinated, numbers of each dose of COVID19 vaccine received, vaccination adverse events, and therapeutics administered for treatment of COVID-19.
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