Arizona Daily Star (7/12), CMS Administrator Seema Verma explains that CMS “has taken a series of aggressive actions over the past several months to protect nursing home residents against the spread of this new coronavirus.” Verma explains that starting “in May, CMS required nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid to inform residents, their families, and their representatives within 12 hours of when a single COVID-19 case is reported, or when three or more residents or staffers develop respiratory symptoms within 72 hours of each other.” The agency “recently provided state and local officials with recommendations on phased re-openings of nursing homes in their areas, including when and under what circumstances to allow.