![]() ![]() Residents and families should ask facility staff how the facility performed on its self-assessment.ĬOVID-19 has already begun to hit our most vulnerable citizens hard. CMS also encourages residents and families to join the Agency in being proactive about nursing home safety. For those facilities that aren’t initially inspected, CMS urges them to use this as a tool to self-assess their own ability to prevent the spread of COVID-19. When gaps are identified, facilities will be required to take corrective actions to close the gaps. CMS and state inspectors will use this new process to target and assess if certain facilities are prepared to meet CMS’s expectations for preventing the spread of COVID-19. This new focused inspection process includes existing components of CMS’s infection control inspection process, but adds actions based on the latest guidance from the CDC and CMS. Starting today, you can – and should – use CMS’s self-assessment tool to ensure you’re prepared to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.” Today, we’re issuing a call to action to nursing homes, hospitals, and the entire healthcare system: Don’t wait to be inspected. “But patient safety starts with the front line healthcare provider, so we’ve developed a self-assessment tool in coordination with the CDC. “The Trump Administration is keeping Americans safe by conducting thorough, yet targeted, inspections throughout the healthcare system, particularly in nursing homes, whose residents are more susceptible to dangerous complications from the virus,” said CMS Administrator Seema Verma. Critically, this focused inspection process includes a self-assessment tool for providers to employ. This focused inspection process will be provided to all inspectors and facilities, and used on a national scale. In keeping with the Trump Administration’s aggressive moves to combat further spread of COVID-19, CMS is also utilizing flexibilities allowed by President Trump’s Emergency Declaration to announce an enhanced, focused inspection process, informed in part by the Agency’s experiences on the ground in Kirkland, and close coordination and input from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The inspection, which the Agency conducted with the Washington Department of Social & Health Services, has helped inform CMS’s national strategy for keeping patients safe in nursing homes and other healthcare facilities. Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing the preliminary results of a recent inspection of the Life Care Center nursing home in Kirkland, Washington – the epicenter of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in that state. ![]() ![]() Inspection at Kirkland facility inform Agency’s move to further focused inspection process ![]()
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