CMS: States That Don’t Inspect Nursing Homes Will Be Penalized

By Chelsea Cirruzzo / June 1, 2020 at 10:43 PM
CMS on Monday (June 1) said it will withhold some CARES Act funds from states that fail to follow oversight requirements on infection control after the agency released public data showing that almost 26,000 nursing home residents have died of COVID-19. “One in five facilities had at least one COVID related death,” CMS Administrator Seema Verma said on a call on Monday. In March, CMS called on state surveyors to inspect at least 15,000 nursing homes based on infection control...


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