QSO-20-14-NH (REVISED)

The record

Jurisdiction

United States (Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes)

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

42 U.S.C. 1395i-3, 1396r; 42 C.F.R. part 483 (conditions of participation; 483.10(f)(4), 483.80); survey and enforcement under 42 C.F.R. part 488

Issued

2020-03-09 Mar. 9, 2020

Effective

2020-03-13

End

Visitation provisions superseded by QSO-20-39-NH (Sept. 17, 2020); memorandum expired Mar. 28, 2023 (read as 2020-09-17)

In force

Mar. 13, 2020 to Sept. 17, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules

Addressees

• State Survey Agency Directors
• all Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes

Functions reached

• VS visitation closed
• DN communal dining and group activities cancelled
• RS admissions screening and cohorting
• IN entry of non-essential health care personnel barred
• IC universal screening
• CB residents' access to families

Collection

Home Care, Nursing and Senior Living SEC-04

Operative words

Facilities should restrict visitation of all visitors and non-essential health care personnel, except for certain compassionate care situations, such as an end-of-life situation.... Cancel communal dining and all group activities, such as internal and external group activities.... Actively screen residents and staff for fever and respiratory symptoms. (Revised text as read; the nationwide restriction is recited in QSO-20-39-NH: 'In March of 2020, CMS issued memorandum QSO 20-14-NH providing guidance to facilities on restricting visitation of all visitors and non-essential healthcare personnel, except for certain compassionate care situations.')

Enforcement

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