{"id":"FED-154","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"CMS, Quality, Safety \u0026 Oversight Group","authority":"42 C.F.R. § 483.10(f)(4); F-tag F563","instrument":"QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (original, Sept. 17, 2020)","title":"QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-09-17","effective":"2020-09-17","end":"revised Mar. 10, 2021 (FED-155) and Apr. 27, 2021 (FED-156)","startDate":"2020-09-17","endDate":"2021-03-10","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["HC","GATH"],"addressees":["all Medicare/Medicaid certified nursing homes"],"clause":"","enforcement":"F-tag F563 and F880 survey enforcement","functions":["VS visitation (outdoor preferred; indoor only where no new onset of cases in 14 days and county positivity below 10 percent; compassionate care)","DN communal activities","RS cohorting"],"notes":"Its content is verified from CMS\u0027s own later revisions, which recite: \u0027The information contained in this memorandum supersedes and replaces previously issued guidance and recommendations regarding visitation\u0027 and describe the September 17, 2020 framework (FED-156, FED-167).","sourceUrl":"https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-20-39-nh.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200922072159/https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-20-39-nh.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":129590,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-A","url":"/library/FED-154","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-154","citation":"CMS, Quality, Safety \u0026 Oversight Group, QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (original, Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-154)","stateName":"","related":["FED-155","FED-156","FED-097","FED-167","FED-168","FED-166"]}