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Ex. SEC-04-026 Order Primary source read

QSO-20-25-NH

2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Long-Term Care Facility Transfer Scenarios

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

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Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
42 C.F.R. 483.15 (admission, transfer and discharge) as modified by 1135 waivers
Issued
2020-04-13 Apr. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-04-13
End
Expired May 1, 2023 (read as 2023-05-01)
In force
Apr. 13, 2020 to May 1, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • State Survey Agency Directors
  • LTC facilities
  • hospitals
Functions reached
  • RS admissions and cohorting
  • IN hospital discharges
  • IC
  • CB
Collection
Home Care, Nursing and Senior Living SEC-04

Operative words

Transfer scenarios... facilities should [cohort] residents... a nursing home should accept a resident... from a hospital... [only] where it can follow CDC guidance for Transmission-Based Precautions... [and] dedicate a unit or wing exclusively for residents with COVID-19... (as read from the expired-stamped copy).

Enforcement

Survey; 483.15

Notes

The federal rule for the hospital-to-nursing-home-to-home-care pipeline.