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QSO-20-16-Hospice

Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Hospice Agencies

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · United States (Medicare hospices) (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States (Medicare hospices)
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
42 C.F.R. part 418 (hospice conditions of participation; 418.60 infection control)
Issued
2020-03-09 Mar. 9, 2020
Effective
2020-03-09
End
Expired May 1, 2023 (read as 2023-05-01)
In force
Mar. 9, 2020 to May 1, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • State Survey Agency Directors
  • hospices
Functions reached
  • HC hospice home visits
  • SN
  • RS inpatient hospice units
  • VS
  • IC
  • IN entry to nursing facilities and assisted living
Collection
Home Care, Nursing and Senior Living SEC-04

Operative words

Hospices should... identify patients at risk for having COVID-19 infection before or immediately upon arrival to the home or facility... [screen] hospice staff... [restrict] visitors and non-essential personnel... in hospice inpatient units [and follow] CDC guidance for facilities in which hospice patients reside (as read; the live copy is the expired-stamped revision carrying the original posting date).

Enforcement

Survey under part 418

Notes

Hospice staff entering nursing facilities and assisted living were also 'individuals providing services under arrangement' tested under 483.80(h).

Retrieval note

The copy is the Aug. 4, 2025 expired-stamped version carrying the original posting date of March 9, 2020.