Survey & Certification Letters

• Interim CMS Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Rural Location Determinations due to Census Bureau (CB) Regulatory Changes

  

• Strengthened Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies and Quality Improvement Activities in Nursing Homes

  

• Guidance and Survey Process for Reviewing Home Dialysis Services in a Nursing Home

  

• Revised Guidance for Staff Vaccination Requirements

  

• Categorical Waiver – Health Care Microgrid Systems (HCMSs)

  

• Provider and Supplier Compliance Education Through Quality in Focus (QIF) Trainings

  

• Revisions to Hospice-Appendix M of the State Operations Manual and the Hospice Basic Surveyor Training

  

• Workplace Violence-Hospitals

  

• Guidance for Rural Emergency Hospital Provisions, Conversion Process and Conditions of Participation

  

• Updates to the Nursing Home Care Compare Website and Five Star Quality Rating System: Adjusting Quality Measure Ratings Based on Erroneous Schizophrenia Coding, and Posting Citations Under Dispute

  

• Updates to Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC; Requirements and Enforcement Process for Reporting of COVID-19 Data Elements for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals

  

• Updated Guidance for Ambulatory Surgical Centers - Appendix L of the State Operations Manual (SOM)

  

• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Laboratories Surveyor Guidance for New and Modified CLIA Requirements Related to SARS-CoV-2 Test Result Reporting (REVISED)

  

• Update to COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Specific Providers

  

• Vaccination Expectations for Surveyors Performing Federal Oversight

  

• Nursing Home Staff Turnover and Weekend Staffing Levels

  

• Evidence-based best practices for hospitals in managing obstetric emergencies and other key contributors to maternal health disparities

  

• Guidance for Hospital Co-location with Other Hospitals or Healthcare Facilities (Revised)

  

• Changes to COVID-19 Survey Activities and Increased Oversight in Nursing Homes

  

• Upcoming rulemaking for survey and enforcement requirements for hospice programs.