Effective May 21, 2021, nursing homes are required to report resident and staff vaccination information through the NHSN module per CMS’ Interim Final Rule-3414. Any nursing homes that are not reporting this information weekly should do so immediately. Nursing homes that do not submit vaccination data for both residents and staff by 11:59 pm June 13, 2021, will be imposed a civil money penalty. Furthermore, a higher civil money penalty will be imposed for each subsequent week that a facility does not report the required information. For more information, see CMS memorandum QSO-21-19-NH.
For information and instructions on how to submit data, please view CDC’s webpage Weekly HCP & Resident COVID-19 Vaccination | LTCF | NHSN | CDC.
For questions, please contact the CDC at: NHSN@cdc.gov.
