Illinois Department of Public Health Adopts Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Guidance for Long-term Care Visitation

November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an update to the guidance for visitation in certified nursing homes. The guidance provides that visitation is now allowed for all residents at all times using the core principles of infection control as set forth by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). IDPH will issue formal guidance aligning our guidance with this statement shortly. Links to both the updated CMS Guidance QSO-20-39-NH and the CDC’s core infection control principles can be found here:

https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-20-39-nh-revised.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/long-term-care.html

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