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CMS NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September
21, 2021
Contact:
CMS Media Relations
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690-6145 | CMS Media Inquiries
CMS Launches
New Medicare.gov Tool to Compare Nursing Home Vaccination Rates
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is making it
easier to check COVID-19 vaccination rates for nursing home staff and
residents with a new feature on Medicare.gov. Today’s announcement
makes vaccination data available in a user-friendly format to help
people make informed decisions when choosing a nursing home for
themselves or a loved one. CMS and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) are also continuing to use this data to monitor
vaccine uptake among residents and staff and to identify facilities
that may need additional resources or assistance to respond to the pandemic.
“CMS wants to empower nursing home residents, their families and
caregivers with the information they need when choosing care providers
for their loved ones. As we continue to work with our partners to
monitor the spread of COVID-19 and keep nursing home residents safe, we
want to give people a new tool to visualize this data to help them make
informed decisions,” said CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure.
“CMS knows that nursing home staff want to protect their residents and
is calling on them to get vaccinated now. The COVID-19 vaccine is safe,
effective and accessible to all at no out-of-pocket cost.”
SAMPLE OF NEW CONSUMER FEATURE ON
MEDICARE.GOV
Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing homes have been required to
report weekly COVID-19 vaccination data for both residents and staff
since May, and CMS has been posting the information on the CMS COVID-19 Nursing Home Data website.
The addition of this new consumer-friendly data feature is another
valuable tool for patients, residents, and families to understand the
quality of nursing homes when making health care decisions.
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