Letter to CMS Comes After Nationwide Nursing Home Safety Survey Announced; Highlights Previous Rollback of Safety Standards and Emergency Prep by Trump Administration
The letter, sent to
"The Trump administration's continued weakening of nursing home safety standards, including the rollbacks of infectious disease control and emergency preparedness standards, is especially troubling when seniors infected with COVID-19 are experiencing the highest rates of serious illness and death," the members wrote. "The administration's efforts to weaken nursing home oversight leaves seniors in the care of facilities that may be unprepared for an emerging infectious disease such as COVID-19. We write to highlight our concerns and questions in light of the CMS announcement of survey actions related to coronavirus."
The letter comes as the threat of COVID-19 grows and more is learned about the disease, in particular its effect on seniors. An outbreak of the disease at the
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The rollback of infectious disease controls was part of a proposed rule issued in
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Read this original document at: https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-neal-demand-answers-from-trump-administration-on-nursing-home-safety-amid-covid-19-outbreak
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