Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement
Nursing Home COVID Booster Data Will Now Be on Care Compare
With nursing facilities among the hardest hit by the pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to offer patients and their families more COVID-19 vaccination transparency. Details: On Feb. 9, CMS announced it would begin posting COVID booster data for both nursing home patients and staff on its Medicare Care Compare site. “The data will show resident and staff booster rates at the facility level and will include national and state averages,” a CMS release says. If this surprises you, it shouldn’t. CMS reminds that since May 2020 its required Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing facilities to list COVID data “Providing the booster information on the consumer-friendly Care Compare site is one more tool that allows people to have a more comprehensive understanding of the environment they live in or are considering for themselves or a loved one,” CMS says. You can find the vaccination rates in the Star Ratings section of Care Compare. Find more information on the policy change at www.cms.gov/newsroom/news-alert/cms-makes-nursing-home-covid-19-booster-vaccination-data-available-online-increasing-transparency. 
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