{"id":"SEC-04-011","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"United States (Medicare hospices)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"04","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Centers for Medicare \u0026 Medicaid Services","authority":"42 C.F.R. part 418 (hospice conditions of participation; 418.60 infection control)","instrument":"QSO-20-16-Hospice","title":"Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hospice Agencies","dateIssued":"2020-03-09","effective":"2020-03-09","end":"Expired May 1, 2023","startDate":"2020-03-09","endDate":"2023-05-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["State Survey Agency Directors","hospices"],"clause":"Hospices should... identify patients at risk for having COVID-19 infection before or immediately upon arrival to the home or facility... [screen] hospice staff... [restrict] visitors and non-essential personnel... in hospice inpatient units [and follow] CDC guidance for facilities in which hospice patients reside (as read; the live copy is the expired-stamped revision carrying the original posting date).","enforcement":"Survey under part 418","functions":["HC hospice home visits","SN","RS inpatient hospice units","VS","IC","IN entry to nursing facilities and assisted living"],"notes":"Hospice staff entering nursing facilities and assisted living were also \u0027individuals providing services under arrangement\u0027 tested under 483.80(h).","sourceUrl":"https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-20-16-hospice.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":222913,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-04","url":"/library/SEC-04-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-04-011","citation":"Centers for Medicare \u0026 Medicaid Services, QSO-20-16-Hospice (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. SEC-04-011)","stateName":"","related":["SEC-04-017","SEC-04-018","SEC-04-013","SEC-04-026","SEC-04-006","SEC-04-007","SEC-04-012","SEC-04-019"]}