tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 42

LONG-TERM CARE: Feds Follow Through On LTC Immunization Rule

Document carefully when residents refuse shots.Long-term care providers may want to greet this flu season with a pen in one hand and a needle in the other. Effective immediately, nursing homes must either immunize residents for influenza and pneumococcal disease when medically appropriate or document refusals.That's the final word from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which on Oct. 7 made good on its pledge to make stringent immunization standards a condition of participation for Medicare and Medicaid.To participate in the programs, nursing homes are now required to ensure that residents receive both influenza and...

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