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CMS Announces Actions to Stem Spread of Coronavirus

Published in Member Communities on March 05, 2020

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has called on health care providers to implement mandated infection control procedures in response to novel Coronavirus, or COVID-19. CMS is also issuing new requirements for state survey agencies and accrediting organizations for inspecting Medicare-participating health care providers across the country in response to the virus.

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