{"id":"FED-091","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Centers for Medicare \u0026 Medicaid Services, HHS","authority":"Social Security Act §§ 1102, 1135, 1871; CARES Act § 3708","instrument":"CMS-5531-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (interim final rule)","title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Basic Health Program, and Exchanges; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency and Delay of Certain Reporting Requirements for the Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program, 85 Fed. Reg. 27550 (May 8, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-05-01","effective":"2020-05-08 (\u0027These regulations are effective on May 8, 2020\u0027); policies applicable from March 1, 2020 (or Jan. 27, 2020)","end":"for the duration of the PHE; 42 C.F.R. § 483.80(g) COVID-19 reporting remained in force","startDate":"2020-05-08","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["long-term care facilities (new § 483.80(g) reporting to NHSN and notification to residents and families)","hospitals, physicians, home health agencies, teaching hospitals, laboratories, Exchanges"],"clause":"Effective date: These regulations are effective on May 8, 2020. Applicability date: The policies in this IFC are applicable beginning on March 1, 2020, or January 27, 2020... § 483.80 Infection control. (g) COVID-19 Reporting. The facility must-- (1) Electronically report information about COVID-19 in a standardized format specified by the Secretary.... (2) Provide the information specified in paragraph (g)(1) of this section at a frequency specified by the Secretary, but no less than weekly to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u0027s National Healthcare Safety Network.","enforcement":"F-tags F884 and F885; civil money penalties for LTC facilities; claims enforcement","functions":["RS residential care (nursing homes: weekly federal reporting; resident and family notification)","OF administration","HC home health (NP/PA certification under CARES § 3708)"],"notes":"Made every Medicare/Medicaid nursing home a weekly federal reporter of cases, deaths, PPE, staffing and testing from May 2020 through the whole claim period (the QSO-20-29-NH memorandum, FED-161, implements it).","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-08/pdf/2020-09608.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":644268,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-A","url":"/library/FED-091","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-091","citation":"Centers for Medicare \u0026 Medicaid Services, HHS, CMS-5531-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (interim final rule) (May 1, 2020) (Ex. FED-091)","stateName":"","related":["FED-161","FED-159","FED-158","FED-090","FED-160"]}