Medicare & Medicaid Programs, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), & Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act; Additional Policy & Regulatory Revisions In Response To The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the interim final rule on September 2, 2020, and it went into effect the same day. The regulations strengthen CMS' ability to enforce compliance with Medicare and Medicaid long-term care (LTC) facility requirements for reporting information related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Additionally, it establishes a new requirement for LTC facilities for COVID-19 testing of facility residents and staff. It adds to the hospital and critical access hospital (CAH) Conditions of Participation (CoPs)  to require them to track the incidence and impact of COVID-19 to assist public . . .