Beneficiary Advocates: COVID-19 Report Is Lenient On Nursing Homes, CMS

Beneficiary advocates say an independent report on the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic in nursing homes puts too little responsibility on nursing homes and on CMS’ role in mitigating the crisis, even as CMS says the report validates its own actions. The 186-page report, unveiled Wednesday (Sept. 16), contains 27 recommendations, and more than 100 action steps CMS and other federal agencies can take. The report also says CMS should do more to coordinate delivery of testing and personal...