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CMS fines nursing homes more than $15 million for COVID-19 violations

from MedCity News

CMS fines nursing homes more than $15 million for COVID-19 violations MedCity News The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Monday that it had fined nursing homes a total of $15 million related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency said it penalized more than 3,400 nursing homes for noncompliance with infection control or failing to report COVID-19 data. After directing states to survey more than 15,276 nursing homes, CMS said it had found more than 180 “immediate jeopardy” level findings for infection control, meaning a nursing home’s noncompliance had caused or was likely to cause serious harm to a resident. READ MORE

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