Updates on vaccine supply from local health departments, paid leave for vaccinations, monoclonal antibody treatments, and grant funding to facilitate vaccination access.

Consistent with CMS guidance, the new State-issued guidance generally allows outdoor visitation regardless of county positivity and outbreak status, allows indoor visitation except under limited circumstances, and precludes the imposition of testing or vaccination as a condition of visitation. The DOH guidance also sets forth protocols to follow when a visitor contracts COVID-19 after a visit.

Latest updates for providers of LTPAC and senior services.

Nursing home providers have until April 5^th to ensure that complete MDS data is on file with CMS for residents who were in the facility on July 29, 2020.

The new guidance is intended to allow asymptomatic staff who are exposed to COVID-19 to avoid furlough if they are fully vaccinated or recently recovered. It also eliminates testing and quarantine requirements after domestic travel.

Congress agrees to hold off on reinstituting 2 percent Medicare reduction until 2022.