COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers Updated

Posted in INDUSTRY NEWS, Long-Term Care

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare 

CMS updated the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers listing on Thursday, June 16, 2022.

This 45-page document shows updates related to QSO-22-15-NH, NLTC and LSC – specifically the expirations effective June 6, 2022.  You can find those at:

  • the bottom of page 16/top of page 17 (Physical Environment)
  • the bottom of page 17 (Training and Certification of Nurse Aides)
  • the top of page 21 (In-service Training Requirements)
  • the bottom of page 21 (Paid Feeding Assistants)
  • the top of page 26 (Defer Equipment Maintenance & Fire Safety Inspections)
  • on page 29 and top of page 30 (Specific Physical Environment)
  • the bottom of page 30 and top of page 31 (Fire Drills & Temporary Construction)

The 3-Day Qualifying Hospital Stay (QHS) waiver is still in effect.