covid-19 vaccine
CMS Ends COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule ending the COVID-19 vaccination requirements for health care providers. The decision for CMS to end the vaccination requirements was expected based on information provided in a May 1, 2023 memo from the CMS Quality and Safety Oversight Group. CMS addresses three separate […]
Read MoreNew Data Brief on Vax Against COVID-19 Among Medicare Beneficiaries Living in Community
The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is making available a new data brief on the vaccination against COVID-19 among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries from January of 2000 to August of 2021. The data brief uses data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey to examines uptake of the primary COVID-19 vaccination series during the vaccination […]
Read MoreHow At Home Care Providers Can Talk to Patients About COVID-19 Treatments
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has finalized its COVID-19 Personal Action Plan, which contains tools, information, and action steps to share with your family, colleagues, and patients. NAHC believes the Personal Action Plan will be a helpful resource for having conversations about whether they would benefit from COVID-19 treatments, what to do […]
Read MoreCMS Urges Timely Patient Access to COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidance that highlights the need for health care providers and suppliers to ensure patients have access to the latest available COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. In particular, CMS is reminding nursing homes that they are required to offer the COVID-19 vaccines, including any updated COVID vaccines, […]
Read MoreAdmin Announces New $350 Million Initiative to Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced a new $350 million initiative for HRSA-supported health centers to increase COVID-19 vaccines in their communities, with a specific focus on underserved populations. This funding will support health centers administering updated COVID-19 vaccines through mobile, drive-up, walk-up, […]
Read MoreCall with Surgeon General: Increasing Bivalent Vax of Elderly & Disabled
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs and the Administration for Community Living invite you to join a webinar with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and other subject matter experts on how we can work together to accelerate vaccination of people with disabilities, older adults, and others who are […]
Read MoreSupreme Court Rejects Challenge to COVID-19 Worker Vax Mandate
On Monday, October 3, the United States Supreme Court rejected an appeal from ten states attorneys general, declining to hear their legal challenge to the COVID-19 health care worker vaccination mandate created by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The mandate, which included exemptions for religious purposes, applied to about 10.4 million workers at care facilities that receive […]
Read MoreYour Help Needed with COVID-19 Survey
The National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) program has been working on an initiative to develop and distribute at-home COVID-19 tests that are accessible to people with a range of disabilities. As part of this effort, they are working to collect user experiences with existing at-home COVID tests, and have prepared […]
Read MoreVaccination Expectations for Surveyors
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated its vaccination expectations for surveyors. In January of this year CMS issued a memo (QSO-22-10-ALL) requiring state agency surveyors and accrediting organization (AO) surveyors performing deemed status surveys to not participate in onsite surveys unless fully vaccinated (unless vaccination is medically contraindicated or the individual […]
Read MoreVaccination Expectations for Surveyors
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated its vaccination expectations for surveyors. In January of this year CMS issued a memo (QSO-22-10-ALL) requiring state agency surveyors and accrediting organization (AO) surveyors performing deemed status surveys to not participate in onsite surveys unless fully vaccinated (unless vaccination is medically contraindicated or the individual […]
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