COVID

CMS Expires or Revises Multiple COVID-19 Waivers 

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently expired or revised multiple waivers and QSO memos related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following are included:
 

• • QSO-22-15-NH EXPIRED: Update to COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Specific Providers REVISED
     

  • QSO-21-17-NH EXPIRED: Updates to Long-Term Care (LTC) Emergency Regulatory Waivers issued in response to COVID-19
     

  • QSO-20-38-NH EXPIRED: Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency related to Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Testing Requirements and Revised COVID-19 Focused Survey Tool
     

  • QSO-20-41-ALL EXPIRED: Guidance related to Emergency Preparedness- Exercise Exemption based on A Facility’s Activation of their Emergency Plan
     

  • QSO-20-39-NH EXPIRED: Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (REVISED)
     

  • QSO-20-09-ALL EXPIRED: Information for Healthcare Facilities Concerning 2019 Novel Coronavirus Illness (2019-nCoV)
     

  • QSO-20-12-ALL EXPIRED: Suspension of Survey Activities
     

  • QSO-20-17-ALL EXPIRED: Guidance for Use of Certain Industrial Respirators by Health Care Personnel
     

  • QSO-20-20-ALL EXPIRED: Prioritization of Survey Activities
     

  • QSO-20-35-ALL EXPIRED: Enforcement Cases Held during the Prioritization Period and Revised Survey Prioritization
     

  • QSO-20-25-NH EXPIRED: 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Long-Term Care Facility Transfer Scenarios
     

  • QSO-25-23-ALL REVISED: Guidance for the Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)
     

  • QSO-23-10-NH EXPIRED: Strengthened Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies and Quality Improvement Activities in Nursing Homes

  • QSO-19-07-NH EXPIRED: Enhanced Oversight and Enforcement of Non-Improving Late Adopters