| Ex. SEC-04-024 | CMS press release, Aug. 18, 2021Biden-Harris Administration Takes Additional Action to Protect America's Nursing Home Residents from COVID-19 | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (press release) | United StatesFederal | Aug. 18, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Vaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-064 | Blanket Waiver for Home Health Agency Licensing Standards at N.J.A.C. 8:42 that are More Stringent than Waivers and Guidance Issued by CMS during the Public Health EmergencyBlanket Waiver for Home Health Agency Licensing Standards | Commissioner of Health | New JerseyState | Apr. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-008 | CMS-3414-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 26306Medicare and Medicaid Programs; COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Intermediate Care Facilities for… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesFederal | May 13, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-021 | CMS-3415-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 61555Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesFederal | Nov. 5, 2021 | | Health care ordersVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-022 | 42 C.F.R. 483.80 (2021 edition, revised as of Oct. 1, 2021)Infection control | Office of the Federal Register (codification of CMS rules) | United StatesFederal | Oct. 1, 2021 | | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-004 | CMS-3401-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 54820Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services | United StatesFederal | Sept. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-006 | CMS-5531-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 27550Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Basic Health Program, and Exchanges; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesFederal | May 8, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-017 | CMS-1744-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 19230Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesFederal | Apr. 6, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-001 | QSO-20-14-NH (REVISED)Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in nursing homes (REVISED) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group | United States (Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes)Sector regulator | Mar. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-015 | COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (LTC facilities, HHAs, hospices, ICF/IIDs)COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (section 1135 waiver authority) | United StatesFederal | Mar. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-044 | Executive Directive No. 21-012 (revised Dec. 22, 2022)Directive for the Resumption of Services in all Long-Term Care Facilities licensed pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:43, 8:36, 8:39 and 8:37 | Commissioner of Health | New JerseyState | Dec. 22, 2022 | | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-005 | QSO-20-38-NHInterim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Survey and Certification Group | United StatesSector regulator | Aug. 26, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-073 | QSO-20-38-NH REVISED 09/10/2021Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesSector regulator | Sept. 10, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-068 | All Facilities Letter 20-22 (Mar. 13, 2020), as revised through AFL 20-22.9 (Aug. 12, 2021)Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Visitation | California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality, Licensing and Certification Program | CaliforniaState | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-078 | Appendix K: Emergency Preparedness and Response and COVID-19 Addendum to the Community HealthChoices and OBRA 1915(c) waivers (combined; final amendment fixing the end date)Appendix K: Emergency Preparedness and Response | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (approval) on the application of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Long-Term Living | Pennsylvania Medicaid (Community HealthChoices waiver PA.0386 and OBRA waiver PA.0235), as the exemplar of every State's Appendix KFederal | Mar. 6, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-002 | QSO-20-39-NHNursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Survey and Certification Group | United States (Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes)Sector regulator | Sept. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-007 | QSO-20-29-NHInterim Final Rule Updating Requirements for Notification of Confirmed and Suspected COVID-19 Cases Among Residents and Staff in Nursing… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesSector regulator | May 6, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-018 | QSO-20-20-AllPrioritization of Survey Activities | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesSector regulator | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Workplace rulesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-025 | QSO-21-17-NH (UPDATED 05/10/2021)Updates to Long-Term Care (LTC) Emergency Regulatory Waivers issued in response to COVID-19 | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesSector regulator | Apr. 8, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-043 | Executive Directive No. 20-026Resumption of Services in All Long-Term Care Facilities | Commissioner of Health | New JerseyState | Aug. 20, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-048 | Order Rescinding the Long-Term Care Facility OrderOrder Rescinding the Order Regarding Long-Term Care Facilities | Health Commissioner, Philadelphia Department of Public Health | City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity | Sept. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-GM-004 | Organizer noticeCommunal dining in Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes (DN) | Every certified nursing home (15,600 facilities; 1.3 million residents) | Every facility, ALLOrganizer | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-GM-014 | Organizer noticeNurse aide competency examinations, NCLEX and administrator licensing examinations at Prometric and Pearson VUE test centers (HR: the… | Prometric; Pearson VUE (test vendors for State nurse aide registries, NCSBN's NCLEX and State licensing boards) | Test centers in every State, ALLOrganizer | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-GM-015 | Organizer noticeNurse aide competency examinations, NCLEX and administrator licensing examinations at Prometric and Pearson VUE test centers (HR: the… | Prometric; Pearson VUE (test vendors for State nurse aide registries, NCSBN's NCLEX and State licensing boards) | Test centers in every State, ALLOrganizer | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Organizer notice | Primary source read | |