CMS Nursing Home Stakeholder Call Held May 13th
On the May 13, 2020 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Stakeholder call, CMS staff shared findings and observations made during the Focused Infection Control Survey. This particular survey accounts for most surveillance activities at this time as Health Surveys, Life Safety Code Surveys, and survey revisits are on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The call discussed compliance issues around hand hygiene, cohorting of residents, and the donning of personal protective equipment (PPE), which constituted the major findings during the infection control surveys. LeadingAge NY has strongly encouraged members to utilize the Focused Infection Control Survey Tool to minimize risk to residents and to ensure compliance with COVID-19-related requirements.
Nursing Home Stakeholder calls are held on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 5 p.m. To participate, dial 833-614-0820 and enter passcode 4879622, or register via the webcast link.
A preliminary transcript and recording of the May 13th call are available here and here.
Contact: Elliott Frost, efrost@leadingageny.org, 518-441-8761