CMS Updates County-Based COVID-19 Data Classification System for Testing Requirements
October 5, 2020 | Aging Services Risk Management
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What's the**news. ** The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will now use 14 (instead of seven) days of county coronavirus disease (COVID-19) data to classify the testing requirements for nursing homes, according to a September 21, 2020, blog post from the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL).