Survey & Certification Letters
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Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) –Nomenclature Change (Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP)
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Relative Humidity (RH): Waiver of Life Safety Code (LSC) Anesthetizing Location Requirements; Discussion of Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Operating Room Requirements
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Clarification of the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Criteria for Rural Location and Mountainous Terrain Distance Standard
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Update of State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 5, Complaint Investigation
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Report of the National Background Check Program (NBCP) Long-Term Care (LTC) Criminal Convictions Work Group
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FY2013 Sequestration Adjustments for Survey & Certification (S&C)
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Life Safety Code (LSC) Short Form Survey for Nursing Homes – Limited Option
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Access to Statements of Deficiencies (CMS-2567) on the Web for Skilled Nursing Facilities, Nursing Facilities, Hospitals,& Critical Access Hospitals
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AHRQ Common Formats - Information for Hospitals and State Survey Agencies (SAs) - Comprehensive Patient Safety Reporting Using AHRQ Common Formats
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Guidance for Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) Related to Various Rules Reducing Provider/Supplier Burden
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Luer Misconnection Adverse Events
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Physician Delegation of Tasks in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and Nursing Facilities (NFs)
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F tag 155-- Advance Directives- Revised Advance Copy
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F tag 322—Naso-Gastric Tubes - Revised Advance Copy
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Revised Roll-Out of the New End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Core Survey Process
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Notice -Ninth Opportunity National Background Check Program Funding
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Information Only: New Dining Standards of Practice Resources are Available Now
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Intermediate Care Facilities for the Intellectually Disabled (ICF/IID) No Longer Certified Under Time-Limited Agreements
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Crosswalk Guide to the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Oversight of Organ Transplant Programs
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Expiration of the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Moratorium