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CMS issued revised QSO-21-08-NLTC (PDF) . It informs surveyors of acute and continuing care facilities, including home health and hospice agencies, that use of the special COVID-19 focused infection control surveys and tools are no longer needed on a national basis.

HHSC is not currently assessing compliance with CMS’s Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination rules, published in the Federal Register on Nov. 5, 2021.

A recording of the Feb. 14 ICF/IID COVID-19 Q&A with HHSC Long-term Care Regulation and DSHS is available for those who could not attend.