COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (LTC facilities, HHAs, hospices, ICF/IIDs)

The record

Jurisdiction

United States

Level

Federal

Authority

Social Security Act 1135; Proclamation 9994; HHS PHE declaration

Issued

2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020

Effective

2020-03-01 (retroactive) (read as 2020-03-01)

End

Waivers narrowed by QSO-21-17-NH (May 10, 2021); remainder ended at the PHE's end (May 11, 2023) (read as 2021-05-10)

In force

Mar. 1, 2020 to May 10, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther

Addressees

• LTC facilities
• HHAs
• hospices
• ICF/IIDs

Functions reached

• SN remote initial assessments and aide supervision
• HC
• RS room grouping, cohorting, alternate sites, roommate changes without notice
• IN 3-day stay waiver altering admissions
• HR nurse aide training and certification waiver (temporary nurse aides)
• OF

Collection

Home Care, Nursing and Senior Living SEC-04

Operative words

Home Health Agencies:... CMS is waiving the requirements... at 42 CFR 484.55(a)(2) and 484.55(b)(3)... to allow HHAs to perform initial assessments and determine patients' homebound status remotely or by record review... 484.80(h)... waiving the requirements... for a nurse to conduct an onsite visit every two weeks [aide supervision]... Long Term Care Facilities: 3-Day Prior Hospitalization... waiving the requirement... Resident Groups... waiving 483.10(f)(5)... Training and Certification of Nurse Aides... waiving 483.35(d)... Physical Environment... waiving 483.90... to allow for a non-SNF building to be temporarily certified... Resident Roommates and Grouping... 483.10(e)(5), (6) and (7)... Hospice:... waiving 418.76(h) [aide supervision]... 418.78(e) [volunteers]... 418.54(d) [comprehensive assessment update timeframes]... (as read from the CMS summary).

Enforcement

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