Nursing Homes, States Vary in Meeting New Inspection Demands

June 9, 2020, 9:46 AM UTC

Some states are struggling to meet a new federal goal of inspecting all nursing homes by July 31. And industry representatives say they need more collaboration from the Trump administration.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services this month called on states to complete an on-site inspection of all nursing homes by July 31 or risk losing some federal funding to help fight Covid-19. The agency also increased fines and penalties for nursing homes with repeated infection-control deficiencies.

Both moves are designed to curb the nearly 32,000 Covid-related deaths and more than 95,000 infections that U.S. nursing homes reported ...

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