CMS Memorandum QSO-21-02-NH; Compliance With Residents’ Rights Requirement Related To Nursing Home Residents’ Right To Vote

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the memorandum on October 5, 2020. CMS clarified that Medicare/Medicaid certified long-term care (LTC) facilities have an existing requirement to affirm and support the right of residents to vote. CMS encouraged states, localities, and nursing home owners and administrators to collaborate to ensure that LTC residents' right to vote is not impeded . . .