CMS News Posts
Updated Materials Available – Visiting Nursing Homes During Omicron Surge
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated it's Nursing Home Resource Center with two new informational products. As of January 6, 2022, the Nursing Home Visitation FAQs have been updated to provide additional guidance about visitation during...
Cost Coverage for At-Home COVID-19 Tests, Increasing Access to Free Tests
CMS News | January 10, 2022 Biden-Harris Administration Requires Insurance Companies and Group Health Plans to Cover the Cost of At-Home COVID-19 Tests, Increasing Access to Free Tests As part of its ongoing efforts across many channels to expand Americans’ access to...
CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities/Long Term Care Open Door Forum | November 4, 2021
CMS Skilled Nursing Facilities / Long Term Care Open Door Forum Thursday, November 4, 2021 | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time (CT) Please dial-in at least 15 minutes before call start time. 1-888-455-1397 | Conference Passcode: 8604468 Agenda (subject to change)...
COVID-19 Vaccination for Pregnant People to Prevent Serious Illness, Deaths and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes from COVID-19
Official CDC Health Advisory | September 29, 2021 NEW CDC offers clinicians a toolkit and a flyer to facilitate conversations with patients. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends urgent action to increase Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
CMS Launches New Medicare.gov Tool to Compare Nursing Home Vaccination Rates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is making it easier to check COVID-19 vaccination rates for nursing home staff and residents with a new feature on Medicare.gov. This announcement makes vaccination data available in a user-friendly format to help...
Quality Measures: How They Are Developed, Used, & Maintained
Quality measures are powerful tools for advancing quality in the healthcare system. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) programs, including the Quality Innovation Network - Quality Improvement Organization program, implement a wide range of measures...
National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call | August 25, 2021
Join the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a National Nursing Home Stakeholder Call: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 3:00 - 3:30 pm CT You MUST register to attend! [button...
Biden-Harris Administration Takes Additional Action to Protect America’s Nursing Home Residents from COVID-19
Aug 18, 2021 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is developing an emergency regulation requiring staff vaccinations within the nation’s more than 15,000 Medicare and...
CDC Webinar: Motivate to Vaccinate: National Month of Action for COVID-19 Vaccinations | June 24, 2021
Thursday, June 24, 2021 | 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. CT As we continue to support President Biden’s goal for 70 percent of the U.S. adult population to have at least one vaccine shot and 160 million U.S. adults to be fully vaccinated by July 4th, the Chief Health Equity...
CMS Webinar: Learn How to Build COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence | May 13
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) will host a Building COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence webinar on Thursday, May 13 from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (CT) Dr. LaShawn McIver, Director of CMS OMH, will share information and...