May 11, 2021 - 02:59 PM
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today released an interim final rule requiring long-term care facilities in the Medicare and Medicaid programs to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to residents and staff, educate them on the benefits and potential side effects, and begin reporting weekly COVID-19 vaccination and treatment data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network by June 13.
The education and vaccination requirements also apply to intermediate care facilities serving clients with intellectual disabilities. In addition, CMS seeks comments on whether to extend the requirements to other congregate living settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric residential treatment facilities and assisted living facilities. For more on the vaccination requirements, see the CMS memorandum to state survey agencies.
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CMS Announces Proposed Rate Increases and Other Changes for Skilled Nursing Providers and Hospice Providers in Fiscal Year 2022 Tuesday, April 13, 2021
On April 8, 2021, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced a proposed rate increase of 1.3 percent for skilled nursing providers in fiscal year 2022. It is estimated this will result in approximately $444 million increase in payments to skilled nursing facilities (SNF) under Medicare Part A for the fiscal year. This increased payment rate does not incorporate the SNF Value-Based Program (VBP) reductions that CMS estimates to be $184.25 million for FY 2022.
CMS is also looking at three additional fiscal areas. First, it is looking at whether it should recalibrate the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM) Parity Adjustment. A parity multiplier is applied for PDPM components to maintain the relative value of each case mix index (CMI) while achieving congruence on overall SNF paym
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The latest weekly report from the state tallies every nursing home in Connecticut with residents who have tested positive for COVID-19, along with corresponding data related to the number of cases and fatalities among residents in each facility. (Shutterstock)
CONNECTICUT There have been 120 new confirmed deaths among nursing home residents attributed to the coronavirus in Connecticut, according to the latest weekly update released Thursday by the state Department of Public Health. Another 483 residents have tested positive for the virus in the past recording period, from Dec. 30, 2020 through Jan. 5, 2021.
Across the state s assisted living facilities, there have been nine new resident deaths due to COVID-19, and 67 more have tested positive in the same recording period.
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