CMS Issues Significant Updates to Improve the Safety and Quality Care for Long-Term Care Residents

Jun 29, 2022 | CMS' PBJ Policies, Survey & FTags for Staffing

CMS Issues Significant Updates to Improve the Safety and Quality Care for Long-Term Care Residents

Today, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s initiative to promote the safety and quality of nursing home care across the country, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued updates to guidance on minimum health and safety standards that Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities (often called “nursing homes”) must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid.

CMS also updated and developed new guidance in the State Operations Manual (SOM) to address issues that significantly affect residents of LTC facilities. The surveyors who use these resources to perform both routine and complaint-based inspections of nursing homes are responsible for determining whether facilities are complying with CMS’ requirements.

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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June 29, 2022

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“CMS Issues Significant Updates to Improve the Safety and Quality Care for Long-Term Care Residents and Calls for Reducing Room Crowding | CMS.” CMS.Gov, 29 June 2022, www.cms.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cms-issues-significant-updates-improve-safety-and-quality-care-long-term-care-residents-and-calls.

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