The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States (Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes)
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- 42 C.F.R. § 483.10(f)(4); F-tag F563
- Issued
- 2020-09-17 Sept. 17, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-09-17
- End
- revised Mar. 10, 2021 (FED-155) and Apr. 27, 2021 (FED-156) (read as 2021-03-10)
- In force
- Sept. 17, 2020 to Mar. 10, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capHealth care orders
- Addressees
- all Medicare/Medicaid certified nursing homes
- Functions reached
- VS visitation (outdoor preferred; indoor only where no new onset of cases in 14 days and county positivity below 10 percent; compassionate care)
- DN communal activities
- RS cohorting
- Collection
- Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A
Enforcement
F-tag F563 and F880 survey enforcement
Notes
Its content is verified from CMS's own later revisions, which recite: 'The information contained in this memorandum supersedes and replaces previously issued guidance and recommendations regarding visitation' and describe the September 17, 2020 framework (FED-156, FED-167).
Retrieval noteExistence, date and gist verified from the Apr. 27, 2021 and May 8, 2023 revisions saved as FED-156 and FED-167. the live URL now serves the May 8, 2023 revision marked EXPIRED.