CMS Publicly Posts COVID-19 Cases, Deaths On Nursing Home Compare

CMS on Thursday (June 4) announced it has started publicly posting COVID-19 data on Nursing Home Compare, after requiring nursing homes to begin reporting COVID-19 cases and deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in April. The data posted Thursday on Nursing Home Compare include the number of patient and staff cases, as well as deaths, per nursing homes. The data also include the results of targeted infection control surveys CMS ordered in March as nursing homes emerged...