Rest Homes have until February 15, 2024, to report health care personnel (HCP) COVID-19 vaccination data. As a condition of licensure, the DPH rest homes and long-term care licensure regulations require licensed rest homes and long-term care facilities to ensure all health care personnel are vaccinated annually with seasonal influenza vaccine and are up to date with vaccine doses for COVID-19 as recommended by the CDC unless an individual is exempt from vaccination.
To comply with the regulation, all rest homes must annually report their aggregate HCP COVID-19 and influenza data through Virtual Gateway’s Health Care Facility Reporting System (HCFRS). For reporting users should create a new case and use the incident type “HCP COVID and influenza reporting.”
- Only reports submitted through HCFRS will be accepted. HCFRS can be accessed at: https://sso.hhs.state.ma.us/vgportal/login.
- Each licensed Rest Home is required to report by February 15, 2024, the following:
- Number of HCP who worked in the healthcare facility for at least 1 day between October 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023
- Number of HCP who are up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccine as of December 31, 2023
- Number of HCP who are exempt from being up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccine (unvaccinated at time of reporting).