Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), and Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (85 FR 54820). In this way, the vaccination status of every LTC facility will be known on a weekly basis. There is some overlap between these two populations and the same person may be admitted on more than one occasion. The Biden-Harris Administration is requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligible staff at health care facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Medicare and Medicaid Programs; COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs-IID) Residents, Clients, and Staff A Rule by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on 05/13/2021 Document Details Document Details Document Statistics Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) will cover these tests if you have Part B. However, while facilities are not required to educate and offer vaccination to these individuals, they may choose to extend their education and offering efforts beyond those persons that we consider to be staff for purposes of this rulemaking. Provider and supplier compliance with the Federal rules issued under these statutory authorities are mandatory for participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Texas, which has the most nursing homes nationally participating in Medicare or Medicaid, had just one nursing home cited for violating the vaccination rule. documents in the last year, by the Energy Department [43] Examples of translation Apps include Google Translate, iTranslate Voice 3, SayHi, TextGrabber, BrailleTranslater, and many more. Data on the use of therapeutics will be critical to help support allocation efforts to ensure that nursing homes have access to supplies and services to meet their needs. This interim final rule is also exempt because that provision of law only applies to final rules for which a proposed rule was published. We are requiring that ICF-IID staff (that is, individuals who are eligible to work in the facility on a routine, or at least once weekly, basis) be educated about the benefits and risks and potential side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. Similar requirements for large employers, military members and federal contractors all have been struck down, repealed or partially blocked. On December 11, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first Start Printed Page 26312EUA for a vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in individuals 16 years of age and older. [25] We expect that most if not all ICFs-IID will use resources developed by other entities as there is a considerable amount of free information on COVID-19 and its vaccines available online. 68. It was viewed 8068 times while on Public Inspection.