{"id":"FED-097","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"CMS, Quality, Safety \u0026 Oversight Group","authority":"42 C.F.R. § 483.10(f)(4) (resident rights: visitation), § 483.80; survey authority","instrument":"QSO-20-14-NH, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (Mar. 9, 2020; REVISED Mar. 13, 2020)","title":"QSO-20-14-NH (REVISED)","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"visitation guidance superseded by QSO-20-39-NH (Sept. 17, 2020, FED-154); memo expired Mar. 28, 2023","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-09-17","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["HC","GATH","CLOSE"],"addressees":["all Medicare/Medicaid certified nursing homes; State Survey Agencies"],"clause":"[As CMS restated it in QSO-20-39-NH:] In March of 2020, CMS issued memorandum QSO 20-14-NH providing guidance to facilities on restricting visitation of all visitors and non-essential healthcare personnel, except for certain compassionate care situations, such as an end-of-life situation. [QSO-20-14-NH revised text:] Facilities should actively screen and restrict visitation by those who meet the following criteria... Restricting means the individual should not be allowed in the facility at all, until they no longer meet the criteria above.","enforcement":"F-tag F563 (visitation) and F880 (infection control) survey enforcement","functions":["VS visitation closed to all visitors and \u0027non-essential healthcare personnel\u0027 (home-care-senior-living; hospice; therapy contractors; hair and podiatry services; clergy)","RS admissions and cohorting","DN communal dining and group activities cancelled","IN referral flows from hospitals"],"notes":"The federal order that closed every nursing home in the country to visitors and non-essential personnel from March 13, 2020: reaches home care (aides and hospice staff barred), staffing (agency personnel), personal services (in-facility salons), religious organizations (CR clergy visitation) and physician practices (on-site clinics).","sourceUrl":"https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-20-14-nh-revised.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":411686,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-A","url":"/library/FED-097","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-097","citation":"CMS, Quality, Safety \u0026 Oversight Group, QSO-20-14-NH, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (Mar. 9, 2020; REVISED Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. FED-097)","stateName":"","related":["FED-154","DUT-FED-060","FED-098","FED-164","FED-099","FED-161","FED-157","FED-165"]}