CMS Announces Updates to Improve Safety and Quality of Long-term Care Facilities

The  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a number of updates for long-term care facilities regarding health and safety standards that must be met for their participation in both programs to continue.

The updates come as part of the Biden administration’s initiative to promote safety and improve the quality of long-term care facilities throughout the country.

“As the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted, we have a pressing moral responsibility to ensure that residents of long-term care facilities are treated with the respect and dignity they deserve,” Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, CMS administrator, said in a statement.