Survey & Certification Letters

• Advance Copy – Single Use Device Reprocessing under Tag F441, Revisions to Interpretive Guidance in Appendix PP, State Operations Manual (SOM) on Infection Control

  

• Information for Applications to Extend the Due Date for the Installation of Automatic Sprinkler Systems in Existing Nursing Homes

  

• Grant Solicitation for the Reinvestment of Federal Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Funds to Benefit Nursing Home Residents

  

• Provision of Electronic Health Record (EHR) “Navigators” during Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Surveys

  

• The CMS Mitigating Factors Process for Solid Organ Transplant Programs – Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) - Informational Only

  

• Long-term Care Hospital (LTCH) Moratorium – Preliminary Instructions

  

• Hospital Restraint/Seclusion Deaths to be Reported Using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Form CMS-10455, Report of a Hospital Death Associated with Restraint or Seclusion

  

• Publication of Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2015 – Nursing Home Civil Monetary Penalties - Informational Only

  

• Publication of Final Rule CLIA ‘TEST ACT” for Proficiency Testing (PT) Referral - Informational Only

  

• State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapters 1, 2 & 3 Selected Updates: Medicare Effective Date Determination for Initial Applicants; Survey & Certification Process for Initial Medicare Applicants; Medicaid-only Hospitals; & Deemed Providers/Supplie

  

• State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapters 1, 2 & 3 Selected Updates: Medicare Effective Date Determination for Initial Applicants; Survey & Certification Process for Initial Medicare Applicants; Medicaid-only Hospitals; & Deemed Providers/Supplie

  

• Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Post Sequester Adjustment for Special Focus Facility (SFF) Nursing Homes

  

• Publication of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Fire Safety Requirements – Informational Only

  

• Focused Minimum Data Set (MDS) and Dementia Care Surveys

  

• Interim report on the CMS National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes: Q4 2011 – Q1 2014

  

• Advance Copy: Update of State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 7 and Survey Process Timeframe Reminder

  

• Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)-C1 Webinar: April 30, 2014

  

• Home Health Agency (HHA) State Operations Manual (SOM) revisions: Appendix B, HHA Enforcement Guidance and revisions to Chapter 2, Certification Process

  

• Requirements for Hospital Medication Administration, Particularly Intravenous (IV) Medications and Post-Operative Care of Patients Receiving IV Opioids

  

• Interpretive Guidance for the Survey Process of the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Conditions for Coverage, published May 31, 2006, in the Federal Register – Interim Final