The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today a new feature on Medicare Care Compare that will make it easier to check COVID-19 vaccination rates for nursing home staff and residents.

Consumer Voice submitted comments to the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) in support of the proposed regulations mandating a minimum staffing standard of 4.1 hours of resident care per day.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the latest list of Special Focus Facilities, which places special scrutiny on select nursing homes with a documented pattern of providing poor care.

Reach out to your Representatives to tell them to support nursing home provisions and Elder Justice Act provisions in the current budget and reconciliation package.

The Essential Caregivers Act (H.R. 3733) is bipartisan legislation that gives residents of nursing homes the right to access essential caregivers during any public health emergency. This Act is critical to resident well-being.

On March 13, 2021, it will be one year since state and federal officials banned visits in nursing homes. Sign the petition to reunite residents with their familes.

Thank you to all those who participated in the Twitter Storm to ask CMS and Congress to #OpenNursingHomeDoors. Be sure you’ve signed the petition.

It is now unclear whether Congress will pass any COVID-19 relief legislation, including any provisions related to immunity for nursing homes from liability for COVID-related care.

HR 4334 passed the House and will now go to the President to sign.