Long-Term Care Facilities: OSHA Monitors Employer Weekly Reports to CMS
By EsqSocial Corporation 27/01/21
OSHA is pursuing a new avenue to identify potential employer violations related to COVID-19 employee deaths at long-term care facilities: employers’ CMS data. In May 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued an Interim Rule, which became final in September, requiring Facilities to report various COVID-19 related data to CMS. Data must be reported at least weekly and, relevant here, includes suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths among Facilities’ staff...
By: Butler Snow LLP