Holy cow!
After New York Governor Andrew Cuomo tried to blame nursing home deaths CDC and White House Health Officials hammered him with “facts,” destroying his claim that nursing home deaths were a result of President Trump’s guidelines.
Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Seema Verma unloaded on Cuomo proving that what Cuomo did was his decision alone.
Here’s the answer…On March 13, CMS released guidance related to transfer of patients who had been treated for COVID-19 from a hospital to a nursing home. https://t.co/0xrMVth4wy https://t.co/ZgW7nocofW
— Administrator Seema Verma (@SeemaCMS) May 21, 2020
It stated that a nursing home can accept a resident diagnosed with COVID-19, as long as the facility can follow CDC guidance for Transmission-Based Precautions. https://t.co/Y8nSvbY1JL
— Administrator Seema Verma (@SeemaCMS) May 21, 2020
If a nursing home cannot follow CDC’s guidance & provide the necessary care, the transfer must wait until the patient is no longer subject to COVID-19 precautions, or the resident can be transferred to another facility that can provide the care.
— Administrator Seema Verma (@SeemaCMS) May 21, 2020
In the guidance, CMS urged nursing homes to dedicate a specific wing to patients moving to, or arriving from, a hospital, where they could remain for 14 days with no symptoms.
— Administrator Seema Verma (@SeemaCMS) May 21, 2020
.@realDonaldTrump’s Administration commends the states that overcame their hospital capacity issues by acting on CMS’s recommendation to create dedicated locations according to COVID-19 status.
— Administrator Seema Verma (@SeemaCMS) May 21, 2020
For example, @CAgovernor temporarily transferred COVID-19-negative nursing home residents aboard the U.S.S. Mercy while @GovRonDeSantis is requiring negative test confirmation prior to transfer from hospitals to nursing homes.
— Administrator Seema Verma (@SeemaCMS) May 21, 2020
Rep. Elise Stefanik also hammered Cuomo…
Governor Cuomo continues to point fingers at the federal government.
But here are the FACTS regarding CDC guidance:
The Governor’s decisions to MANDATE that nursing homes accept COVID-19 patients completely disregards the case-by-case approach recommended by CDC.
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) May 21, 2020
