CMS Clarifies Legionnaires Infection Control Requirement For Nursing Homes
In early July, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a clarifying memorandum to certified healthcare facilities regarding CMS’s “expectations” for mitigation of legionella risks. Specifically, CMS’s letter revises a prior memorandum and clarifies expectations related to legionella risk mitigation. Legionnaires’ disease is a serious type of pneumonia caused by a waterborne pathogen known as …