Policy & Memos to States and CMS Locations

CMS Quality Safety & Oversight memoranda, guidance, clarifications and instructions to State Survey Agencies and CMS Locations.

Title	Memo #	Posting Date	Fiscal Year
Title Updates to the Condition of Participation (CoP) Requirements for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) To Report Acute Respiratory Illnesses	Memo # QSO-25-05-Hospitals/CAHs	Posting Date 2024-10-22	Fiscal Year 2025
Title Revisions to the State Operations Manual (SOM), Chapter 2- The Certification Process; SOM Appendix X, Guidance to Surveyors: Organ Transplant Programs; and SOM Chapter 9- Exhibits – Advance Copy	Memo # QSO-25-03-Transplant	Posting Date 2024-10-11	Fiscal Year 2025
Title Outcome Requirements for Initial Transplant Program Approval	Memo # QSO-25-04-Transplant	Posting Date 2024-10-10	Fiscal Year 2025
Title Overview of the Hospice Special Focus Program (SFP)	Memo # QSO-25-02-Hospice	Posting Date 2024-10-04	Fiscal Year 2025
Title REVISED: Updates to Nursing Home Care Compare Staffing and Quality Measures	Memo # QSO-25-01-NH	Posting Date 2024-10-04	Fiscal Year 2025
Title Compliance with Residents’ Rights Requirement related to Nursing Home Residents’ Right to Vote	Memo # QSO-24-21-NH	Posting Date 2024-09-27	Fiscal Year 2024
Title REVISED: Guidance for Rural Emergency Hospital Provisions, Conversion Process and Conditions of Participation	Memo # QSO-24-20-REH	Posting Date 2024-09-07	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Conditions for Coverage – Reporting Data Related to Pancreata Procured for Research	Memo # QSO-24-19-OPO	Posting Date 2024-08-29	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Revisions and clarifications for survey and certification activities for the Outpatient Physical Therapy (OPT)/ Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) Programs	Memo # QSO-24-18-OPT	Posting Date 2024-08-23	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Updated Model Signage for the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)	Memo # QSO-24-17-EMTALA	Posting Date 2024-08-13	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Clarification of Medical Director Board Certification Requirements	Memo # QSO-24-16-ESRD	Posting Date 2024-07-10	Fiscal Year 2024
Title REVISED: Final Rule - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Proficiency Testing - Analytes and Acceptable Performance Final Rule (CMS-3355-F)	Memo # QSO-24-15-CLIA	Posting Date 2024-07-09	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Nursing Home Data and Care Compare Updates	Memo # QSO-24-14-NH	Posting Date 2024-07-01	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Revised Guidance for Long-Term Care Facility Assessment Requirements	Memo # QSO-24-13-NH	Posting Date 2024-06-19	Fiscal Year 2024
Title State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix M-Hospice and Appendix G-Rural Health Clinic (RHC) and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Revisions to Include Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) and Mental Health Counselors (MHCs)	Memo # QSO-24-12-Hospice & FQHC/RHC	Posting Date 2024-05-29	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Revisions to the State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 10 –Informal Dispute Resolution (IDR) and Enforcement Procedures for Home Health Agencies and Hospice Programs	Memo # QSO-24-11-HHA & Hospice	Posting Date 2024-05-03	Fiscal Year 2024
Title EXPIRED: Home Health Agency (HHA) Survey Protocol Training Item Revised	Memo # 15-52-HHA (EXPIRED)	Posting Date 2024-04-05	Fiscal Year 2024
Title EXPIRED: Home Health Agencies (HHAs): Change of Address ? Notification of the Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC)	Memo # 15-51-HHA (EXPIRED)	Posting Date 2024-04-05	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Revisions and clarifications to Hospital Interpretive Guidelines for Informed Consent	Memo # QSO-24-10-Hospitals	Posting Date 2024-04-02	Fiscal Year 2024
Title EXPIRED: Home Health Agency (HHA) State Operations Manual (SOM) revisions:Appendix B, HHA Enforcement Guidance and revisions to Chapter 2,Certification Process	Memo # 14-14-HHA (EXPIRED)	Posting Date 2024-04-01	Fiscal Year 2024
Title EXPIRED: Revised Initial Certification Process for Home Health Agencies	Memo # 12-15-HHA (EXPIRED)	Posting Date 2024-04-01	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Clarification on Release of 60-Day Quality Improvement Organization Reports by CMS	Memo # QSO-24-09-EMTALA	Posting Date 2024-03-27	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Enhanced Barrier Precautions in Nursing Homes to Prevent Spread of Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDROs)	Memo # QSO-24-08-NH	Posting Date 2024-03-21	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Revisions to Home Health Agencies (HHA) – Appendix B of the State Operations Manual	Memo # QSO-24-07-HHA	Posting Date 2024-03-16	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Revisions to Chapter 2 and Appendix F of the State Operations Manual (SOM) –Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs)	Memo # QSO-24-06-CMHC	Posting Date 2024-03-02	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Texting of Patient Information and Orders for Hospitals and CAHs	Memo # QSO-24-05-Hospital/CAH	Posting Date 2024-02-09	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Conditions for Coverage – Definition Clarification	Memo # QSO-24-04-[OPO]	Posting Date 2024-01-19	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Final Rule- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Fees, Histocompatibility, Personnel, and Alternative Sanctions for Certificate of Waiver Laboratories (CMS-3326-F)	Memo # QSO-24-03-CLIA	Posting Date 2023-12-28	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Reminder of Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Requirements and Guidance for Hospitals in a Disaster	Memo # QSO-24-02-Hospitals/CAHs/REH/EMTALA	Posting Date 2023-12-09	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Oversight of Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs)	Memo # QSO-24-01-REH	Posting Date 2023-11-04	Fiscal Year 2024
Title Patient Safety Work Products (PSWP), Survey Process, and Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Survey Documents	Memo # QSO-23-24-Hospital	Posting Date 2023-09-30	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Revisions to Special Focus Facility (SFF) Program	Memo # QSO-23-01-NH	Posting Date 2023-09-28	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Civil Money Penalty Reinvestment Program (CMPRP) Revisions	Memo # QSO-23-23-NHs	Posting Date 2023-09-25	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Reinforcement of Interpretive Guidance for Nurse Midwives	Memo # QSO-23-22-Hospital	Posting Date 2023-09-21	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Updates to Nursing Home Care Compare Staffing and Quality Measures	Memo # QSO-23-21-NH	Posting Date 2023-09-20	Fiscal Year 2023
Title REVISED: Interim CMS Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Rural Location Determinations due to Census Bureau (CB) Regulatory Changes	Memo # QSO-23-20-RHC	Posting Date 2023-07-27	Fiscal Year 2023
Title EXPIRED: Revised Guidance for Staff Vaccination Requirements	Memo # QSO-23-02-ALL (EXPIRED)	Posting Date 2023-07-26	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Ligature Risk and Assessment in Hospitals	Memo # QSO-23-19-Hospitals	Posting Date 2023-07-18	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Posting of Nursing Home Ownership/Operatorship Affiliation Data on Nursing Home Care Compare Website and data.cms.gov	Memo # QSO-23-18-NH	Posting Date 2023-06-29	Fiscal Year 2023
Title One-Time Change to Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Annual Average 96-hour Patient Length of Stay Calculations to Account for the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)	Memo # QSO-23-17-CAH	Posting Date 2023-06-09	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Requirements for Hospital Discharges to Post-Acute Care Providers	Memo # QSO-23-16-Hospitals	Posting Date 2023-06-06	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Post-Public Health Emergency (PHE) Guidance	Memo # QSO-23-15-CLIA	Posting Date 2023-05-12	Fiscal Year 2023
Title FY 2021 Report to Congress (RTC): Review of Medicare’s Program Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Validation Program	Memo # QSO-23-14-AO/CLIA	Posting Date 2023-05-11	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency related to Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Testing Requirements and Revised COVID-19 Focused Survey Tool	Memo # QSO-20-38-NH EXPIRES EFFECTIVE 05/11/2023	Posting Date 2023-05-09	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (REVISED)	Memo # QSO-20-39-NH REVISED 05.08.2023	Posting Date 2023-05-08	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Guidance for the Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)	Memo # QSO-23-13-ALL	Posting Date 2023-05-01	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Categorical Waiver – Health Care Microgrid Systems (HCMSs)	Memo # QSO-23-11-LSC	Posting Date 2023-04-01	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Interim CMS Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Rural Location Determinations due to Census Bureau (CB) Regulatory Changes	Memo # QSO-23-12-RHC	Posting Date 2023-04-01	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Strengthened Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control Deficiencies and Quality Improvement Activities in Nursing Homes	Memo # QSO-23-10-NH	Posting Date 2023-03-31	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Upcoming Requirements for Notification of Confirmed COVID-19 (or COVID-19 Persons under Investigation) Among Residents and Staff in Nursing Homes	Memo # QSO-20-26-NH	Posting Date 2023-03-29	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19	Memo # QSO-20-39 EXPIRED	Posting Date 2023-03-29	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in nursing homes	Memo # QSO-20-14-NH	Posting Date 2023-03-28	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Nursing Home Reopening Recommendations for State and Local Officials	Memo # QSO-20-30-NH	Posting Date 2023-03-28	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in nursing homes (REVISED)	Memo # QSO-20-14-NH REVISED	Posting Date 2023-03-28	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Nursing Homes (REVISED)	Memo # QSO-20-14-NH Revised memo UPDATE: 03/10/2021	Posting Date 2023-03-28	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Guidance and Survey Process for Reviewing Home Dialysis Services in a Nursing Home	Memo # QSO-18-24-ESRD REVISED	Posting Date 2023-03-22	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Revision to State Operations Manual (SOM), Hospital Appendix A - Interpretive Guidelines for 42 CFR 482.21, Quality Assessment & Performance Improvement (QAPI) Program	Memo # QSO-23-09-Hospital	Posting Date 2023-03-09	Fiscal Year
Title Revisions to Hospice-Appendix M of the State Operations Manual and the Hospice Basic Surveyor Training	Memo # QSO-23-08-HOSPICE	Posting Date 2023-01-27	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Guidance for Rural Emergency Hospital Provisions, Conversion Process and Conditions of Participation	Memo # QSO-23-07-REH	Posting Date 2023-01-27	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Provider and Supplier Compliance Education Through Quality in Focus (QIF) Trainings	Memo # QSO-23-06-ALL	Posting Date 2023-01-20	Fiscal Year 2023
Title 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	Memo # QSO-23-05-NH	Posting Date 2023-01-19	Fiscal Year 2023
Title Workplace Violence-Hospitals	Memo # QSO-23-04-Hospitals	Posting Date 2022-11-29	Fiscal Year 2023
Title The Importance of Timely Use of COVID-19 Therapeutics	Memo # QSO-23-03-All	Posting Date 2022-11-22	Fiscal Year
Title Use of the Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101A, Guide on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety, 2013 Edition by Health Care Occupancies and Board and Care Occupancies	Memo # 17-15-LSC Revised	Posting Date 2022-10-27	Fiscal Year 2023
Title CMS Rescinds December 7, 2020, Enforcement Discretion for the Use of SARS-CoV-2 Tests on Asymptomatic Individuals Outside of the Test’s Instructions for Use (RESCINDED)	Memo # QSO-22-25-CLIA Rescinded 10/7/2022	Posting Date 2022-10-07	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Reinforcement of EMTALA Obligations specific to Patients who are Pregnant or are Experiencing Pregnancy Loss (Revised)	Memo # QSO-21-22-HOSPITALS (Revised)	Posting Date 2022-10-03	Fiscal Year 2022
Title COVID-19 Focused Infection Control Survey Tool for Acute and Continuing Care Providers and Suppliers (REVISED)	Memo # QSO-21-08-NLTC REVISED 09.26.2022	Posting Date 2022-09-26	Fiscal Year 2022
Title FY2023 Dialysis Facility Outcomes List	Memo # QSO-22-24-ESRD	Posting Date 2022-09-24	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency related to Long-Term Care (LTC) Facility Testing Requirements	Memo # QSO-20-38-NH REVISED 09/23/2022	Posting Date 2022-09-23	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Update to COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Specific Providers REVISED	Memo # QSO-22-15-NH & NLTC & LSC REVISED	Posting Date 2022-08-30	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Preliminary injunction in Texas v. Becerra, No. 5:22-CV-185-H (N.D. Tex.)	Memo # QS0-22-23-ALL	Posting Date 2022-08-26	Fiscal Year
Title Reinforcement of EMTALA Obligations specific to Patients who are Pregnant or are Experiencing Pregnancy Loss (UPDATED JULY 2022)	Memo # QSO-22-22-Hospitals	Posting Date 2022-07-12	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Final Rule - Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Proficiency Testing - Analytes and Acceptable Performance Final Rule (CMS-3355-F)	Memo # QSO-22-21-CLIA	Posting Date 2022-07-12	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Infection Prevention and Control and Antibiotic Stewardship Program Interpretive Guidance Update	Memo # QSO-22-20-Hospitals	Posting Date 2022-07-07	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Revised Long-Term Care Surveyor Guidance	Memo # QSO-22-19-NH	Posting Date 2022-06-30	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Recission of the January 25, 2022 Memo Regarding Vaccination Expectations for Surveyors Performing Federal Oversight (QSO-22-10-ALL) and Removal from its Guidance Repository	Memo # QSO-22-18-ALL	Posting Date 2022-06-16	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Surveys for Compliance with Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Requirements	Memo # QSO-22-17-ALL	Posting Date 2022-06-15	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Updated Guidance for Ambulatory Surgical Centers - Appendix L of the State Operations Manual (SOM)	Memo # QSO-22-16-ASC	Posting Date 2022-06-04	Fiscal Year 2022
Title 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	Memo # QSO-21-03-Hospitals/CAHs Revised	Posting Date 2022-05-28	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Guidance related to Emergency Preparedness- Exercise Exemption based on A Facility’s Activation of their Emergency Plan	Memo # QSO-20-41-ALL REVISED 05.26.2022	Posting Date 2022-05-27	Fiscal Year 2022
Title 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)	Memo # QSO-21-10-CLIA REVISED	Posting Date 2022-04-16	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Update to COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Specific Providers	Memo # QSO-22-15-NH & NLTC & LSC	Posting Date 2022-04-07	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Revised Guidance for the Interim Final Rule -Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination	Memo # QSO-22-07-ALL-Revised 4/05/22	Posting Date 2022-04-05	Fiscal Year
Title Revised Guidance for the Interim Final Rule - Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination	Memo # QSO-22-09-ALL Revised 4/05/22	Posting Date 2022-04-05	Fiscal Year
Title Revised Guidance for the Interim Final Rule - Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination	Memo # QSO-22-11-ALL Revised 04/05/2022	Posting Date 2022-04-05	Fiscal Year
Title Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) CMS Location and State Agency Updates to COVID-19 Survey Prioritization Guidance	Memo # QSO-22-14-CLIA	Posting Date 2022-03-23	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Guidance for Temporary Testing Sites under the Multiple Site Exception	Memo # QSO-22-13-CLIA	Posting Date 2022-02-28	Fiscal Year 2022
Title State Obligations to Survey to the Entirety of Medicare and Medicaid Health and Safety Requirements under the 1864 Agreement	Memo # QSO-22-12-ALL	Posting Date 2022-02-10	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Guidance for the Interim Final Rule - Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination	Memo # QSO-22-11-ALL	Posting Date 2022-01-21	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Guidance for the Interim Final Rule - Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination	Memo # QSO-22-09-ALL	Posting Date 2022-01-15	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Nursing Home Staff Turnover and Weekend Staffing Levels	Memo # QSO-22-08-NH	Posting Date 2022-01-08	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Guidance for the Interim Final Rule - Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination	Memo # QSO-22-07-ALL	Posting Date 2021-12-29	Fiscal Year 2022
Title FY 2020 Report to Congress (RTC): Review of Medicare’s Program Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Validation Program	Memo # QSO-22-06-AO-CLIA	Posting Date 2021-12-16	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Evidence-based best practices for hospitals in managing obstetric emergencies and other key contributors to maternal health disparities	Memo # QSO-22-05-Hospitals (ADVISORY)	Posting Date 2021-12-08	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Ending the Streamlined Process for Ambulatory Surgical Centers and Independent Freestanding Emergency Departments to Temporarily Enroll as Hospitals during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Memo # QSO-22-03-ASC & Hospital	Posting Date 2021-12-02	Fiscal Year
Title Vaccination Regulation: Enforcement of Rule Imposing Vaccine Requirement for Health Care Staff in Medicare- and Medicaid-certified Providers and Suppliers is Suspended so Long as Court Ordered Injunctions Remain in Effect	Memo # QSO-22-04-ALL	Posting Date 2021-12-02	Fiscal Year
Title Changes to COVID-19 Survey Activities and Increased Oversight in Nursing Homes	Memo # QSO-22-02-ALL	Posting Date 2021-11-13	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Guidance for Hospital Co-location with Other Hospitals or Healthcare Facilities (Revised)	Memo # QSO-19-13-Hospital REVISED	Posting Date 2021-11-13	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Upcoming rulemaking for survey and enforcement requirements for hospice programs.	Memo # QSO-22-01-Hospice	Posting Date 2021-10-21	Fiscal Year 2022
Title Public Reporting of Organ Procurement Organizations’ (OPO) Performance Measures	Memo # QSO-21-23-OPO	Posting Date 2021-09-30	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Interim Final Rule - COVID-19 Vaccine Immunization Requirements for Clients and Staff in Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID)	Memo # QSO-21-21-ICFIID	Posting Date 2021-08-23	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Removal of the July 7, 2017 Memo (S&C 17-37-NH) from its guidance repository	Memo # QSO-21-20-NH	Posting Date 2021-07-28	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Visitation at Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID) and Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs) - Coronavirus Disease -2019 (COVID-19) (REVISED)	Memo # QSO-21-14-ICF-IID-PRTF REVISED	Posting Date 2021-05-29	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Interim Final Rule - COVID-19 Vaccine Immunization Requirements for Residents and Staff	Memo # QSO-21-19-NH	Posting Date 2021-05-12	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Advance Copy- Interoperability and Patient Access Rule- Admission, Discharge, and Transfer Notifications for Hospitals, Psychiatric Hospitals, and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) Interpretive Guidance	Memo # QSO-21-18 Hospitals/CAHs	Posting Date 2021-05-07	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Updates to Long-Term Care (LTC) Emergency Regulatory Waivers issued in response to COVID-19	Memo # QSO-21-17-NH	Posting Date 2021-04-09	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Updated Guidance for Emergency Preparedness-Appendix Z of the State Operations Manual (SOM)	Memo # QSO-21-15-ALL	Posting Date 2021-03-27	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Resuming Hospital Survey Activities Following 30-day Restrictions	Memo # QSO-21-16-Hospitals	Posting Date 2021-03-27	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Visitation at Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IIDs) and Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs) - Coronavirus Disease -2019 (COVID-19)	Memo # QSO-21-14-ICF-IID-PRTF	Posting Date 2021-02-11	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Hospital Survey Priorities (Revised)	Memo # QSO-21-13-Hospitals (Revised)	Posting Date 2021-01-21	Fiscal Year 2021
Title FY 2019 Report to Congress (RTC): Review of Medicare’s Program Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Validation Program	Memo # QSO-21-12-AO-CLIA	Posting Date 2021-01-20	Fiscal Year 2021
Title New Platform for Submissions of 1135 Waiver Requests and Inquiries – Go Live	Memo # QSO-21-11-ALL	Posting Date 2021-01-11	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Laboratories Surveyor Guidance for New and Modified CLIA Requirements Related to SARS-CoV-2 Test Result Reporting	Memo # QSO-21-10-CLIA	Posting Date 2021-01-09	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Providing flexibility for exceeding the 24-hour time frame for patients in Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Memo # QSO-21-09-ASC	Posting Date 2020-12-31	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Revised COVID-19 Focused Infection Control Survey Tool for Acute and Continuing Care	Memo # QSO-21-08-NLTC	Posting Date 2020-12-31	Fiscal Year 2021
Title COVID-19 Infection Control for Psychiatric and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs/IID)	Memo # QSO-21-07-Psych Hospital, PRTF & ICF/IID	Posting Date 2020-12-17	Fiscal Year 2021
Title FY2021 Quarter 1/Quarter 2 Dialysis Facility Report (DFR) - Update	Memo # QSO-21-05-ESRD	Posting Date 2020-12-05	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Updates to the Nursing Home Compare website and Five Star Quality Rating System	Memo # QSO-21-06-NH	Posting Date 2020-12-05	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Guidance for Processing Attestation Statements from Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) Temporarily Enrolling as Hospitals during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency *REVISED*	Memo # QSO-20-24-ASC-REVISED	Posting Date 2020-11-26	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) CMS Locations and State Agency Remote Survey Guidance - Optional Process	Memo # QSO-21-04-CLIA	Posting Date 2020-11-06	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC; Requirements and Enforcement Process for Reporting of COVID-19 Data Elements for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals	Memo # QSO-21-03-Hospitals/CAHs	Posting Date 2020-10-07	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Compliance with Residents’ Rights Requirement related to Nursing Home Residents’ Right to Vote	Memo # QSO-21-02-NH	Posting Date 2020-10-05	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Nursing Shortage as an “Extraordinary Circumstance” per 42 CFR 418.64	Memo # QSO-21-01-Hospice	Posting Date 2020-10-05	Fiscal Year 2021
Title Guidance related to the Emergency Preparedness Testing Exercise Requirements- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	Memo # QSO-20-41-ALL	Posting Date 2020-09-29	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Categorical Waiver – Corrugated Medical Tubing	Memo # QSO-20-40-LSC	Posting Date 2020-09-25	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Updating Requirements for Reporting of SARS-CoV-2 Test Results by (CLIA) of 1988 Laboratories, and Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Memo # QSO-20-37-CLIA,NH	Posting Date 2020-08-27	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Key Components for Continued COVID-19 Management for Dialysis Facilities	Memo # QSO-20-36-ESRD	Posting Date 2020-08-17	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Enforcement Cases Held during the Prioritization Period and Revised Survey Prioritization	Memo # QSO-20-35-ALL	Posting Date 2020-08-17	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Nursing Home Five Star Quality Rating System updates, Nursing Home Staff Counts, Frequently Asked Questions, and Access to Ombudsman (REVISED)	Memo # QSO-20-28-NH REVISED	Posting Date 2020-07-10	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Changes to Staffing Information and Quality Measures Posted on the Nursing Home Compare Website and Five Star Quality Rating System due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Memo # QSO 20-34-NH	Posting Date 2020-06-26	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Release of COVID-19 Nursing Home Data	Memo # QSO 20-32-NH	Posting Date 2020-06-05	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Posting of Nursing Home Inspections	Memo # QSO 20-33-NH	Posting Date 2020-06-05	Fiscal Year 2020
Title RESCINDED (3/30/23): COVID-19 Survey Activities, CARES Act Funding, Enhanced Enforcement for Infection Control deficiencies, and Quality Improvement Activities in Nursing Homes	Memo # QSO-20-31-All RESCINDED	Posting Date 2020-06-01	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Interim Final Rule Updating Requirements for Notification of Confirmed and Suspected COVID-19 Cases Among Residents and Staff in Nursing Homes	Memo # QSO-20-29-NH	Posting Date 2020-05-07	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Nursing Home Five Star Quality Rating System updates, Nursing Home Staff Counts, and Frequently Asked Questions	Memo # QSO-20-28-NH	Posting Date 2020-04-25	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention ConcerningCoronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Home Health Agencies (HHAs) and Religious Nonmedical Healthcare Institutions (RNHCIs)	Memo # QSO-20-18-HHA REVISED	Posting Date 2020-04-24	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Guidance for Licensed Independent Freestanding Emergency Departments (EDs) to Participate in Medicare and Medicaid during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Memo # QSO-20-27-Hospitals	Posting Date 2020-04-22	Fiscal Year 2020
Title 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Long-Term Care Facility Transfer Scenarios	Memo # QSO-20-25-NH	Posting Date 2020-04-14	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Guidance for Processing Attestations from Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) Temporarily Enrolling as Hospitals during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Memo # QSO-20-24-ASC	Posting Date 2020-04-04	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Outpatient Settings: FAQs and Considerations	Memo # QSO-20-22- ASC, CORF, CMHC, OPT, RHC/FQHCs	Posting Date 2020-03-31	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IIDs) and Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs)	Memo # QSO-20-23-ICF/IID & PRTF	Posting Date 2020-03-31	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Requirements and Implications Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Revised)	Memo # QSO-20-15 Hospital/CAH/EMTALA REVISED	Posting Date 2020-03-31	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Hospitals, Psychiatric Hospitals, and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs): FAQs, Considerations for Patient Triage, Placement, Limits to Visitation and Availability of 1135 wa...	Memo # QSO-20-13-Hospitals-CAHs REVISED	Posting Date 2020-03-31	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in dialysis facilities (Revised)	Memo # QSO-20-19-ESRD REVISED	Posting Date 2020-03-31	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Laboratory Guidance During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Memo # QSO-20-21-CLIA	Posting Date 2020-03-27	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Prioritization of Survey Activities	Memo # QSO-20-20-All	Posting Date 2020-03-24	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Guidance for use of Certain Industrial Respirators by Health Care Personnel	Memo # QSO-20-17-All	Posting Date 2020-03-11	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in dialysis facilities	Memo # QSO-20-19-ESRD	Posting Date 2020-03-11	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Home Health Agencies (HHAs)	Memo # QSO-20-18-HHA	Posting Date 2020-03-11	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by Hospice Agencies	Memo # QSO-20-16-Hospice	Posting Date 2020-03-10	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Requirements and Implications Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)	Memo # QSO-20-15 Hospital/CAH/EMTALA	Posting Date 2020-03-10	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Suspension of Survey Activities	Memo # QSO-20-12-All	Posting Date 2020-03-05	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): FAQs and Considerations for Patient Triage, Placement and Hospital Discharge	Memo # QSO-20-13-Hospitals	Posting Date 2020-03-05	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Release of Additional Toolkits to Ensure Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes	Memo # 20-11-NH	Posting Date 2020-02-14	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Information for Healthcare Facilities Concerning 2019 Novel Coronavirus Illness (2019-nCoV)	Memo # 20-09-ALL	Posting Date 2020-02-06	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Notification to Surveyors of the Authorization for Emergency Use of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel Assay and Guidance for Authorized Laboratories	Memo # 20-10-CLIA	Posting Date 2020-02-06	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Applicability of Proficiency Testing (PT) Referral to Cytology/Histopathology Slide Staining by a Separate Entity	Memo # 20-08-CLIA	Posting Date 2020-01-10	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Burden Reduction-Discharge Planning SOM Package	Memo # 20-07-All	Posting Date 2019-12-20	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Updates to the State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapters 2 and 3 Related to Excluded Hospitals with Excluded Units	Memo # 20-06-Hospitals/CAHs	Posting Date 2019-12-18	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Revisions to Chapter 2 and Addition of Appendix F in the State Operations Manual (SOM) –Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC)	Memo # QSO-20-05-CMHC	Posting Date 2019-12-06	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Electronic Form CMS-10455, Report of a Hospital Death Associated with Restraint or Seclusion	Memo # QSO 20-04-Hospital-CAH DPU-REVISED	Posting Date 2019-12-02	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Updates and Initiatives to Ensure Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes	Memo # QSO-20-03-NH	Posting Date 2019-11-22	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Updates to the Nursing Home Compare website and the Five Star Quality Rating SystemUpdates to the Nursing Home Compare website and the Five Star Quality Rating System	Memo # QSO-20-02-NH	Posting Date 2019-10-07	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Consumer Alerts added to the Nursing Home Compare website and the Five Star Quality Rating System	Memo # QSO-20-01-NH	Posting Date 2019-10-07	Fiscal Year 2020
Title Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Chapter 6 – Special Procedures for Laboratories	Memo # 19-20-CLIA	Posting Date 2019-09-26	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Updates to Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Reinvestment Resource Materials	Memo # 19-19-NH	Posting Date 2019-09-04	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Revised Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Guidance Updating Emergency Medicine Availability?State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix G- Advanced Copy	Memo # 19-18- RHC	Posting Date 2019-09-03	Fiscal Year 2019
Title FY 2018 Report to Congress (RTC): Review of Medicare’s Program Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Validation Program	Memo # 19-17-AO/CLIA	Posting Date 2019-08-20	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) Adding a Provider-based Location	Memo # 19-16-CAH	Posting Date 2019-08-08	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Revisions to Appendix Q, Guidance on Immediate Jeopardy	Memo # 19-09-ALL-REVISED	Posting Date 2019-07-31	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Frequently Asked Questions on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and Psychiatric Hospitals	Memo # 19-15-EMTALA	Posting Date 2019-07-02	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Interaction of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of 2002	Memo # 05-26 (REVISED) - EMTALA	Posting Date 2019-06-27	Fiscal Year 2019
Title State Operations Manual (SOM) Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and Death Associated With Restraint or Seclusion Complaint Investigation Timeline Revisions	Memo # 19-14-Hospitals, CAHs	Posting Date 2019-06-04	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Guidance for Hospital Co-location with Other Hospitals or Healthcare Facilities	Memo # 19-13-Hospital	Posting Date 2019-05-03	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Transplant Program Survey Activity Transition	Memo # 19-11-Transplant	Posting Date 2019-03-29	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Specialized Infection Prevention and Control Training for Nursing Home Staff in the Long-Term Care Setting is Now Available	Memo # 19-10-NH	Posting Date 2019-03-11	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Revisions to Appendix Q, Guidance on Immediate Jeopardy	Memo # 19-09-ALL	Posting Date 2019-03-05	Fiscal Year 2019
Title April 2019 Improvements to Nursing Home Compare and the Five Star Rating System	Memo # 19-08-NH	Posting Date 2019-03-05	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Enhanced Oversight and Enforcement of Non-Improving Late Adopters	Memo # 19-07-NH	Posting Date 2019-03-01	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Survey and Approval of Pancreas and Intestine Transplant Centers	Memo # 19-05-Transplant	Posting Date 2019-02-01	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Emergency Preparedness- Updates to Appendix Z of the State Operations Manual (SOM)	Memo # 19-06-ALL	Posting Date 2019-02-01	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Notice of Final Rule Adjusting Civil Monetary Penalties (CMPs) for Inflation	Memo # 19-04-NH-HHA-CLIA	Posting Date 2019-01-22	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Extension of the Designation of the Current Nursing Shortage as an “Extraordinary Circumstance” per 42 CFR 418.64 Core Services	Memo # 19-03-Hospice	Posting Date 2018-12-21	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) Policy Manual Updates, Notification to States and New Minimum Data Set (MDS) Census Reports	Memo # 19-02-NH	Posting Date 2018-11-30	Fiscal Year 2019
Title FY 2017 Report to Congress (RTC): Review of Medicare’s Program Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Validation Program	Memo # 19-01-AO/CLIA	Posting Date 2018-10-04	Fiscal Year 2019
Title Guidance to Hospitals and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Surveyors Addressing Revisions to Swing-Bed Requirements	Memo # 18-26-Hospital-CAH	Posting Date 2018-08-31	Fiscal Year 2018
Title EXPIRED: Home Health Agency (HHA) Interpretive Guidelines	Memo # QSO-18-25-HHA (EXPIRED)	Posting Date 2018-08-31	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Survey Process for Reviewing Home Dialysis Services in a Long Term Care (LTC) Facility	Memo # 18-24-ESRD	Posting Date 2018-08-17	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Revisions to the State Operations Manual (SOM), Chapter 2, End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Program	Memo # 18-22-ESRD	Posting Date 2018-08-10	Fiscal Year 2018
Title New Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Survey Protocol and Guidance Revisions in Appendix Y of the State Operations Manual (SOM)	Memo # 18-23-OPO	Posting Date 2018-08-10	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Performance Specification Verification of Assays Authorized Under Emergency Use (EUA)	Memo # 18-19-CLIA	Posting Date 2018-08-01	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Clarification of the Operation of Multiple Laboratories at the Same Location and the Discontinued Use of the Term “Shared Laboratory”	Memo # 18-20-CLIA	Posting Date 2018-08-01	Fiscal Year 2018
Title CMS Clarification of Psychiatric Environmental Risks	Memo # 18-21-Hospitals	Posting Date 2018-08-01	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Requirement to Reduce Legionella Risk in Healthcare Facility Water Systems to Prevent Cases and Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease (LD)	Memo # 17-30-Hospitals/CAHs/NHs	Posting Date 2018-07-06	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Final Revised Policies Regarding the Immediate Imposition of Federal Remedies	Memo # 18-18-NH	Posting Date 2018-06-15	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) Survey Protocol – State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix J Revised	Memo # 18-16-ICF/IID	Posting Date 2018-04-06	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Transition to Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) Staffing Measures on the Nursing Home Compare tool on Medicare.gov and the Five Star Quality Rating System	Memo # 18-17-NH	Posting Date 2018-04-06	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Specialized Infection Prevention and Control Training for Nursing Home Staff in the Long-Term Care Setting	Memo # 18-15-NH	Posting Date 2018-03-16	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Clarification Regarding Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Specimen Adequacy Assessment, Rapid On-site Evaluation (ROSE) and Workload Limits	Memo # 18-14-CLIA	Posting Date 2018-03-16	Fiscal Year 2018
Title EXPIRED: Home Health Agency (HHA) Survey Protocol – State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix B Revised	Memo # QSO-18-13-HHA (EXPIRED)	Posting Date 2018-01-17	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Clarification of the Accrediting Organization’s (AO’s) Role when a Provider or Supplier’s Deemed Status has been Temporarily Removed	Memo # 18-12-Deemed Providers/Suppliers	Posting Date 2018-01-12	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Release of Request for Information (RFI)	Memo # 18-11-CLIA	Posting Date 2018-01-05	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Texting of Patient Information among Healthcare Providers	Memo # 18-10-Hospitals/CAHs	Posting Date 2018-01-05	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Revised Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Guidance—State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix G- Advanced Copy	Memo # 18-09-RHC	Posting Date 2017-12-27	Fiscal Year 2018
Title An Initiative to Address Facility Initiated Discharges that Violate Federal Regulations	Memo # 18-08-NH	Posting Date 2017-12-26	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Texting of Patient Information among Healthcare Providers	Memo # 18-10-Hospitals, CAHs	Posting Date 2017-12-22	Fiscal Year 2018
Title CLIA Proficiency Testing (PT) Referral Categories	Memo # 18-07-CLIA	Posting Date 2017-12-15	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Clarification of Ligature Risk Policy	Memo # 18-06-Hospitals	Posting Date 2017-12-08	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Preparation for Launch of New Long-Term Care Survey Process (LTCSP)	Memo # 18-05-NH	Posting Date 2017-11-24	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Temporary Enforcement Delays for Certain Phase 2 F-Tags and Changes to Nursing Home Compare	Memo # 18-04-NH	Posting Date 2017-11-24	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Home Health Agency (HHA) Subunits	Memo # 18-03-HHA	Posting Date 2017-11-17	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Advanced Copy- Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM) Hospital Appendix A	Memo # 17-44-All Hospitals	Posting Date 2017-10-27	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Clarification regarding Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP/CEP) Waiver and Appeal Requirements	Memo # 18-02-NH	Posting Date 2017-10-27	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Revised Policies regarding the Immediate Imposition of Federal Remedies- FOR ACTION	Memo # 18-01-NH	Posting Date 2017-10-27	Fiscal Year 2018
Title Advance Notice Solicitation Deadline - National Background Check Program	Memo # 17-47-ALL	Posting Date 2017-09-29	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Clarification Regarding the Use of Control Materials as Calibrators to Determine Test Cut-off Values	Memo # 17-46-CLIA	Posting Date 2017-09-29	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Electronic Staffing Submission - Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) Public Use File	Memo # 17-45-NH	Posting Date 2017-09-25	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Quality and Certification Oversight Reports (QCOR) Website Launch	Memo # 17-43-ALL	Posting Date 2017-08-22	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Termination Notices Available via the Survey & Certification Website	Memo # 17-42-ALL	Posting Date 2017-08-18	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Notification of Final Rule Published—Survey Team Composition and Investigation of Complaints	Memo # 17-41-NH	Posting Date 2017-08-04	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Fire and Smoke Door Annual Testing Requirements in Health Care Occupancies	Memo # 17-38-LSC	Posting Date 2017-07-28	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Community Mental Health Centers (CMHC) - Clarification on the Provision of Services	Memo # 17-39-CMHC	Posting Date 2017-07-28	Fiscal Year 2017
Title FY 2016 Report to Congress (RTC): Review of Medicare’s Program Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Validation Program	Memo # 17-40-AO	Posting Date 2017-07-28	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Revision of Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Policies and CMP Analytic Tool	Memo # 17-37-NH	Posting Date 2017-07-07	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Revision to State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix PP for Phase 2, F-Tag Revisions, and Related Issues	Memo # 17-36-NH	Posting Date 2017-06-29	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Reasonable Assurance Will Apply to Providers and Suppliers Who Voluntarily Terminate and Seek New Certification If a Termination Action by the State Agency Had Been Initiated	Memo # 17-35-ALL	Posting Date 2017-06-16	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Infection Control: Clarification of Hepatitis C (HCV) ScreeningException	Memo # 17-33-ESRD	Posting Date 2017-06-16	Fiscal Year 2017
Title New Guidance for the Formatting of the Plans of Correction	Memo # 17-34-ALL	Posting Date 2017-06-16	Fiscal Year 2017
Title End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities: Cleaning the Patient Station	Memo # 17-32-ESRD	Posting Date 2017-06-02	Fiscal Year 2017
Title End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities: Filling Saline Syringes at the Patient Treatment Station	Memo # 17-31-ESRD	Posting Date 2017-06-02	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Advanced Copy- Appendix Z, Emergency Preparedness Final Rule Interpretive Guidelines and Survey Procedures	Memo # 17-29-ALL	Posting Date 2017-06-02	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Implementation Issues, Long-Term Care Regulatory Changes: Substandard Quality of Care (SQC) and Clarification of Notice before Transfer or Discharge Requirements	Memo # 17-27-NH	Posting Date 2017-05-12	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)	Memo # 17-28-PRTF	Posting Date 2017-05-12	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Notice of Proposed Regulation Changes to Requirements Related to Survey Team Composition and Investigation of Complaints	Memo # 17-26-NH	Posting Date 2017-04-28	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Electronic Staffing Submission - Payroll-Based Journal Update	Memo # 17-25-NH	Posting Date 2017-04-21	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Notice of Proposed Regulation Changes for Accrediting Organizations (AOs) Transparency and Termination Notices	Memo # 17-24-ALL	Posting Date 2017-04-14	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Notice of Final Rule Adjusting Civil Monetary Penalties (CMPs) for Inflation	Memo # 17-23-NH/HHA/CLIA	Posting Date 2017-03-31	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Save the Date- Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Conference Call National Provider Call (NPC) for Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare & Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers Final Rule	Memo # 17-22-ALL	Posting Date 2017-03-24	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Information to Assist Providers and Suppliers in Meeting the New Training and Testing Requirements of the Emergency Preparedness Requirements for Medicare & Medicaid Participating Providers and Suppliers Final Rule	Memo # 17-21-ALL	Posting Date 2017-03-24	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Special Focus Facility (SFF) Program Update	Memo # 17-20-NH	Posting Date 2017-03-02	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Revision to State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix PP	Memo # 17-19-NH	Posting Date 2017-02-17	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Recommendations to Providers Regarding Cyber Security	Memo # 17-17-ALL	Posting Date 2017-01-13	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Delayed Implementation of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Interim Final Rule with Comment (IFC) – Third Party Payment	Memo # 17-18-ESRD	Posting Date 2017-01-13	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Clarification of Automatic Fire Sprinkler System Installation Requirements in Attic Spaces in Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities	Memo # 17-14-LSC	Posting Date 2016-12-16	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Notice of Interim Final Rule (IFR) Third Party Payment and Information on Implementation Plan	Memo # 17-16-ESRD	Posting Date 2016-12-16	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Transplant Centers: Citation for Outcome Requirements	Memo # 17-13-Transplant	Posting Date 2016-12-16	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Use of the Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES), National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101A, Guide on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety, 2013 Edition by Health Care Occupancies and Board and Care Occupancies	Memo # 17-15-LSC	Posting Date 2016-12-16	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Long-Term Care (LTC) Regulation: Enforcement of Rule Prohibiting Use of Pre-Dispute Binding Arbitration Agreements is Suspended so Long as Court Ordered Injunction Remains in Effect	Memo # 17-12-NH	Posting Date 2016-12-09	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Appendix W Revisions	Memo # 17-10-CAHs	Posting Date 2016-12-01	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Advanced Copy –Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix C – Survey Procedures and Interpretive Guidelines for Laboratories and Laboratory Services (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA))	Memo # 17-11- CLIA	Posting Date 2016-12-01	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Reinvestment Resource Web Page	Memo # 17-08-NH	Posting Date 2016-11-18	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Infection Control Pilot: 2017 Update	Memo # 17-09-ALL	Posting Date 2016-11-18	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Advance Copy - Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PP-Revised Regulations and Tags	Memo # 17-07-NH	Posting Date 2016-11-09	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Minimum Data Set (MDS) Focused Survey Summary	Memo # 17-06-NH	Posting Date 2016-11-04	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Transplant Centers: Clinical Experience Requirements	Memo # 17-04-Transplant	Posting Date 2016-10-28	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Information on the Implementation Plans for the Emergency Preparedness Regulation	Memo # 17-05-ALL	Posting Date 2016-10-28	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Save the Date: Training for Phase 1 Implementation of New Nursing Home Regulations	Memo # 17-03-NH	Posting Date 2016-10-24	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Release of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Dialysis Facility Reports (DFR) and End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Core Survey Materials	Memo # 17-02-ESRD	Posting Date 2016-10-21	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Impact of Nursing Shortage on Hospice Care	Memo # 17-01- Hospice	Posting Date 2016-10-21	Fiscal Year 2017
Title Notification of Final Rule Published- Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities	Memo # 16-42-NH	Posting Date 2016-09-30	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) Appendix J, Part II - Clarifications to the Interpretive Guidance (IG) at Tag W154 for §483.420(d)(3)	Memo # 16-41-ICF/IID	Posting Date 2016-09-23	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Certification Number (CCN) State Codes –State Operations Manual (SOM) Section 2779A Revisions	Memo # 16-39-ALL	Posting Date 2016-09-08	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Notification of Final Rule Published- Emergency Preparedness	Memo # 16-38-ALL	Posting Date 2016-09-08	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Notice of Interim Final Rule (IFR) Adjusting Civil Monetary Penalties (CMPs)	Memo # 16-40-NH/HHA/CLIA	Posting Date 2016-09-08	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Clearance	Memo # 16-37-ALL	Posting Date 2016-09-02	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Extension and Expansion of the Provider Enrollment Home Health Agency (HHA) Moratoria	Memo # 16-36-HHA	Posting Date 2016-08-26	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Revisions to the State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix I	Memo # 16-35-LSC	Posting Date 2016-08-19	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) Appendix J and Exhibit 355: Removal of Website Links	Memo # 16-34-ICF/IID	Posting Date 2016-08-12	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Protecting Resident Privacy and Prohibiting Mental Abuse Related to Photographs and Audio/Video Recordings by Nursing Home Staff	Memo # 16-33-NH	Posting Date 2016-08-05	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Preconfigured Hemodialysis Systems- NxStage System One with Pureflow SL	Memo # 16-32-ESRD	Posting Date 2016-07-29	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Mandatory Immediate Imposition of Federal Remedies and Assessment Factors Used to Determine the Seriousness of Deficiencies for Nursing Homes	Memo # 16-31-NH	Posting Date 2016-07-29	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) and Transplant Centers	Memo # 16-30-OPO/Transplant	Posting Date 2016-07-08	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Adoption of the 2012 edition of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101 - Life Safety Code (LSC) and 2012 edition of the NFPA 99 - Health Care Facilities Code (HCFC)	Memo # 16-29-LSC	Posting Date 2016-06-20	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Public Release of Nursing Home Enforcement Information Announcement	Memo # 16-27-NH	Posting Date 2016-06-03	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Update Report on the National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes	Memo # 16-28-NH	Posting Date 2016-06-03	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 to FY 2017 Nursing Home Action Plan	Memo # 16-26-NH	Posting Date 2016-05-20	Fiscal Year 2016
Title DRAFT Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) 3.0 User’s Manual, Version 1.14, Release	Memo # 16-25-NH	Posting Date 2016-05-20	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Solid Transplant Programs - Outcome Thresholds - Revised Guidelines	Memo # 16-24-Hospitals	Posting Date 2016-05-13	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Notification of Final Rule Published: Adoption of 2012 Life Safety and Health Care Facilities Code	Memo # 16-22-LSC	Posting Date 2016-05-06	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Approval of The Institute for Medical Quality?s (IMQ?s) Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Accreditation Program	Memo # 16-23-AO/ASCs	Posting Date 2016-05-06	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Updated Guidance to Surveyors on Federal Requirements for Providing Services to Justice Involved Individuals	Memo # 16-21-ALL	Posting Date 2016-05-03	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Policy Clarification on Acceptable Control Materials Used when Quality Control (QC) is Performed in Laboratories	Memo # 16-20-CLIA	Posting Date 2016-04-08	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Computed Tomography (CT) Compliance Clarifications under Section 218(a)(1) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act (PAMA)- Information Only	Memo # 16-19-ALL	Posting Date 2016-04-08	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Personnel Policies for Individuals Directing or Performing Non-waived Tests	Memo # 16-18-CLIA	Posting Date 2016-04-01	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Release of 2015 Nursing Home Data Compendium	Memo # 16-14-NH	Posting Date 2016-03-25	Fiscal Year 2016
Title State Operations Manual (SOM) Surveyor Guidance Revisions Related to Psychosocial Harm in Nursing Homes	Memo # 16-15-NH	Posting Date 2016-03-25	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Affordable Care Act Section 6103: Guidance for State Consumer Oriented Websites- Update to Survey and Certification Letter 11-41-NHs	Memo # 16-17-NH	Posting Date 2016-03-25	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Guidance for the Deployment of the Emergency Use Approval (EUA) Zika Virus Tests	Memo # 16-16-CLIA	Posting Date 2016-03-25	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) - Implementation of required electronic submission of Staffing Data for Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities	Memo # 16-13-NH	Posting Date 2016-03-18	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Exit Conferences-Sharing Specific Regulatory References or Tags	Memo # 16-11-ALL	Posting Date 2016-03-11	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Certification Number (CCN) State Codes –State Operations Manual (SOM) Section 2779A Revisions	Memo # 16-09-ALL	Posting Date 2016-03-11	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Advance Copy – Interpretive Guidelines for the Organ Transplant Conditions of Participation (CoPs) at 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) §§ 482.68 through 482.104	Memo # 16-10-Transplant	Posting Date 2016-03-11	Fiscal Year 2016
Title National Downtime of the Quality Improvement and Evaluation System (QIES)	Memo # 16-12-ALL	Posting Date 2016-03-11	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Recertification Checklist for Evaluation of Compliance with the Location and Distance Requirements	Memo # 16-08-CAH	Posting Date 2016-02-12	Fiscal Year 2016
Title FY 2015 Report to Congress (RTC): Review of Medicare’s Program Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Validation Program	Memo # 16-07-AO	Posting Date 2016-01-29	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Infection Control Courses	Memo # 16-06-ALL	Posting Date 2016-01-22	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Infection Control Pilot Project	Memo # 16-05-ALL	Posting Date 2015-12-23	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Focused Dementia Care Survey Tools	Memo # 16-04-NH	Posting Date 2015-11-27	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Core Survey Data Worksheet	Memo # 16-03-ESRD	Posting Date 2015-11-20	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Advanced Notification: Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix C – Survey Procedures and Interpretive Guidelines for Laboratories and Laboratory Services	Memo # 16-02- CLIA	Posting Date 2015-11-06	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Revised Hospital Guidance for Pharmaceutical Services and Expanded Guidance Related to Compounding of Medications	Memo # 16-01-Hospital	Posting Date 2015-10-30	Fiscal Year 2016
Title Revised Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) Training Process and Clarification of Trainer Roles and Responsibilities	Memo # 15-50-NH	Posting Date 2015-08-28	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Final Rule: SNF Medicare FY 2016 Payments, Quality Reporting, Value-Based Purchasing and Staffing Data Collection Requirements – Informational Only	Memo # 15-49-NH	Posting Date 2015-08-07	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Publication of Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities; Proposed Rule (CMS-3260-P) – Informational Only	Memo # 15-46-NHs	Posting Date 2015-07-17	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) Appendix J, Part II - Clarifications to the Interpretive Guidance at Tag W187 for §483.430(d)(3)	Memo # 15-48-ICF/IID	Posting Date 2015-07-17	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Medication-Related Adverse Events in Nursing Homes	Memo # 15-47-NH	Posting Date 2015-07-17	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Advanced Copy - Update to Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Infection Control Surveyor Worksheet (ICSW)	Memo # 15-43-ASC	Posting Date 2015-06-26	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Clarification of Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Rural Status, Location and Distance Requirements	Memo # 15-45-CAH	Posting Date 2015-06-26	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Use of Portable Reverse Osmosis (RO) Units and Block Carbon	Memo # 15-44-ESRD	Posting Date 2015-06-26	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Guidance to State Survey Agencies (SA) Regarding Release of Information and Data to State Medicaid Fraud Control Units (MFCU)	Memo # 15-42-ALL	Posting Date 2015-06-19	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Surveyor Guidance for Approval of Home Dialysis Modalities	Memo # 15-41-ESRD	Posting Date 2015-06-12	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Information Only - Review and Status of Nursing Home Survey: Summary of Traditional and Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) Findings and Issues	Memo # 15-40-NH	Posting Date 2015-05-22	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Release of the Individualized Quality Control Plan (IQCP) Workbook	Memo # 15-39-CLIA	Posting Date 2015-05-15	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Revised Hospital Radiologic and Nuclear Medicine Services Interpretive Guidelines—State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix A	Memo # 15-38-Hospitals	Posting Date 2015-05-15	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Proposed Rule: SNF Medicare FY 2016 Payments, Quality Reporting, Value-Based Purchasing and Staffing Requirements – Informational Only	Memo # 15-37-NH	Posting Date 2015-05-01	Fiscal Year 2015
Title New Instructions for Providers Filing an Appeal with the Departmental Appeals Board (DAB)	Memo # 15-36-ALL	Posting Date 2015-04-24	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Implementation of Section 6106 of the Affordable Care Act - Collection of Staffing Data for Long Term Care Facilities	Memo # 15-35-NH	Posting Date 2015-04-10	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Clarification of Requirements for Off-Premises Activities and Approval of Extension Locations for Providers of Outpatient Physical Therapy (OPT) and Speech-Language Pathology Services and Off-Premises Activities	Memo # 15-33-OPT	Posting Date 2015-04-03	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Alert Related to Outbreaks of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) during gastrointestinal endoscopy, particularly Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)	Memo # 15-32 Hospitals/CAHs/ASCs	Posting Date 2015-04-03	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Grant Award: Reinvestment of Federal Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Funds to Benefit Nursing Home Residents	Memo # 15-34-NH	Posting Date 2015-04-03	Fiscal Year 2015
Title 2014 Final Report & 2015 Expansion Project – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Focused Dementia Care Survey Pilot	Memo # 15-31-NH	Posting Date 2015-03-27	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Administrative Changes for Two Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) - Approved Accrediting Organizations (AOs) The	Memo # 15-30-ALL	Posting Date 2015-02-27	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)	Memo # 15-28-CMHC	Posting Date 2015-02-27	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Contacting End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Networks for survey related facility information	Memo # 15-29-ESRD	Posting Date 2015-02-27	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Potential Adverse Impact of Lower Relative Humidity (RH) in Operating Rooms (ORs)	Memo # 15-27-Hospital, CAH & ASC	Posting Date 2015-02-20	Fiscal Year 2015
Title MDS / Staffing Focused Surveys Update	Memo # 15-25-NH	Posting Date 2015-02-13	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Nursing Home Compare “3.0” - Five Star Quality Rating System - Expanded and Strengthened	Memo # 15-26-NH	Posting Date 2015-02-13	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) – Questions and Answers (Q+A)	Memo # 15-24-Hospitals	Posting Date 2015-02-13	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Revised Guidance Related to New & Revised Regulations for Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs), Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)	Memo # 15-22-Hospital/ASC/RHC/FQHC	Posting Date 2015-01-30	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Use of Audio Surveillance Devices in Common Areas in Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID)	Memo # 15-23-ICF/IID	Posting Date 2015-01-30	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Use of Invalid End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) “Temporary” Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Certification Numbers (CCN)	Memo # 15-21-ESRD	Posting Date 2015-01-16	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Advance Copy of Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix J - Interpretive Guidelines and new Exhibit	Memo # 15-20-ICF/IID	Posting Date 2015-01-16	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Revised State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix W, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)	Memo # 15-19-CAH	Posting Date 2015-01-16	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Advance Copy –Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix C – Survey Procedures and Interpretive Guidelines for Laboratories and Laboratory Services (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA))	Memo # 15-17- CLIA	Posting Date 2015-01-09	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) transition to the Automated Submission and Processing System (ASAP) and OASIS Correction policy	Memo # 15-18-HHA	Posting Date 2015-01-09	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Analytic Tool and Submission of CMP Tool Cases	Memo # 15-16-NH	Posting Date 2014-12-19	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Release of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment’s (CLIA) Brochure #12, “Considerations When Deciding to Develop an IQCP” and Brochure #13, “What is an IQCP?”	Memo # 15-15-CLIA	Posting Date 2014-12-19	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Guidance Related to New State Operating Manual and Appendix N for Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF)	Memo # 15-14-PRTF	Posting Date 2014-12-19	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Clarification of Terms Implicating the Spousal Relationship in Regulations and Guidance for Medicare- and Medicaid-certified Providers and Suppliers.	Memo # 15-13-ALL	Posting Date 2014-12-12	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Public Release of Three Hospital Surveyor Worksheets	Memo # 15-12-Hospital	Posting Date 2014-11-26	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Requirements and Implications Related to Ebola Virus Disease (Ebola)	Memo # 15-10-Hospitals	Posting Date 2014-11-24	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Directions on the Off-Label/Modified Use of Waived Blood Glucose Monitoring Systems (BGMS)	Memo # 15-11-CLIA	Posting Date 2014-11-21	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Location Determination Guidance Updated	Memo # 15-09-RHC	Posting Date 2014-11-14	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Information for Clinical Laboratories Concerning Possible Ebola Virus Disease	Memo # 15-08-CLIA	Posting Date 2014-11-07	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Nationwide Expansion of Minimum Data Set (MDS) Focused Survey Background	Memo # 15-06-NH	Posting Date 2014-10-31	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Effect on Microbiology Laboratories Due to the Removal of References to the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) and to CLSI Documents	Memo # 15-07-CLIA	Posting Date 2014-10-31	Fiscal Year 2015
Title National Background Check Program (NBCP) Grant Award Updates	Memo # 15-04-ALL	Posting Date 2014-10-24	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Tests Subject to Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Edits Downloadable File on the CLIA Internet Page - Informational Only	Memo # 15-05-CLIA	Posting Date 2014-10-24	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Implementing the New Moratorium on Establishment of New Long-Term Care Hospitals (LTCH) or New LTCH Satellites, or Increases in LTCH Beds	Memo # 15-03 Hospitals	Posting Date 2014-10-10	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Information for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) Concerning Possible Ebola Virus Disease	Memo # 15-02-Hospitals/CAHs	Posting Date 2014-10-10	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Impact of Nursing Shortage on Hospice Care	Memo # 15-01-Hospice	Posting Date 2014-10-03	Fiscal Year 2015
Title Categorical Waiver for Power Strips Use in Patient Care Areas Various	Memo # 14-46-LSC	Posting Date 2014-09-26	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Revised Guidance Related to New & Revised Hospital Governing Body and Medical Staff Regulations	Memo # 14-45-Hospital	Posting Date 2014-09-15	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Change in Terminology and Update of Survey and Certification (S&C) Memorandum 09-55 Regarding Immediate Use Steam Sterilization (IUSS) in Surgical Settings	Memo # 14-44-Hospital/CAH/ASC	Posting Date 2014-08-29	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Completion of Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Discharge Assessments for Resident Transfers from a Medicare- and/or Medicaid-Certified Bed to a Non-Certified Bed	Memo # 14-43-NH	Posting Date 2014-08-25	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Release of Learning Tool on Building Respect for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Older Adults	Memo # 14-42-NH	Posting Date 2014-08-22	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Equipment Maintenance Requirements	Memo # 14-41-CAH	Posting Date 2014-08-08	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Approval of The Compliance Team?s (TCT?s) Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Accreditation Program	Memo # 14-39-AO/RHCs	Posting Date 2014-07-25	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)-C1/International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 Webinar: September 3, 2014	Memo # 14-40-HHA	Posting Date 2014-07-25	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Rehabilitation Agencies: Fire Alarm Systems, SOM Appendix E Revision - Advance Copy	Memo # 14-38-OPT	Posting Date 2014-07-03	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Advance Guidance - Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PP- Guidance to Surveyors for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Chapter 4	Memo # 14-37-NH	Posting Date 2014-07-03	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Infection Control Breaches Which Warrant Referral to Public Health Authorities	Memo # 14-36-All	Posting Date 2014-05-30	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Final Rule - Promoting Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction; Part II - Informational Only	Memo # 14-33-ALL	Posting Date 2014-05-20	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Advance Copy of Revised F371; Interpretive guidance and Procedures for Sanitary Conditions, Preparation of Eggs in Nursing Homes	Memo # 14-34-NH	Posting Date 2014-05-20	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Update of State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 5, Triaging Complaints & Referral of Complainants to Accrediting Organizations	Memo # 14-35-ALL	Posting Date 2014-05-20	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Advance Copy – Single Use Device Reprocessing under Tag F441, Revisions to Interpretive Guidance in Appendix PP, State Operations Manual (SOM) on Infection Control	Memo # 14-25-NH	Posting Date 2014-05-16	Fiscal Year 2014
Title The CMS Mitigating Factors Process for Solid Organ Transplant Programs – Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) - Informational Only	Memo # 14-32-Transplant	Posting Date 2014-05-16	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Grant Solicitation for the Reinvestment of Federal Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Funds to Benefit Nursing Home Residents	Memo # 14-30- NH	Posting Date 2014-05-16	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Information for Applications to Extend the Due Date for the Installation of Automatic Sprinkler Systems in Existing Nursing Homes	Memo # 14-29-LSC	Posting Date 2014-05-16	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Provision of Electronic Health Record (EHR) “Navigators” during Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Surveys	Memo # 14-31-Hospitals/CAHs	Posting Date 2014-05-16	Fiscal Year 2014
Title 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	Memo # 14-27-Hospital-CAH/DPU	Posting Date 2014-05-09	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Publication of Medicare Program; Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities for FY 2015 – Nursing Home Civil Monetary Penalties - Informational Only	Memo # 14-28-NH	Posting Date 2014-05-09	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Long-term Care Hospital (LTCH) Moratorium – Preliminary Instructions	Memo # 14-26- Hospitals	Posting Date 2014-05-09	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Publication of Final Rule CLIA ‘TEST ACT” for Proficiency Testing (PT) Referral - Informational Only	Memo # 14-23-CLIA	Posting Date 2014-05-02	Fiscal Year 2014
Title 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/Suppliers	Memo # 14-24-ALL	Posting Date 2014-05-02	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Publication of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Fire Safety Requirements – Informational Only	Memo # 14-21- LSC	Posting Date 2014-04-18	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Post Sequester Adjustment for Special Focus Facility (SFF) Nursing Homes	Memo # 14-20-NH	Posting Date 2014-04-18	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Focused Minimum Data Set (MDS) and Dementia Care Surveys	Memo # 14-22-NH	Posting Date 2014-04-18	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Interim report on the CMS National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes: Q4 2011 – Q1 2014	Memo # 14-19-NH	Posting Date 2014-04-11	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Advance Copy: Update of State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 7 and Survey Process Timeframe Reminder	Memo # 14-18-NH	Posting Date 2014-03-28	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)-C1 Webinar: April 30, 2014	Memo # 14-17-HHA	Posting Date 2014-03-21	Fiscal Year 2014
Title 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	Memo # 14-16-OPO	Posting Date 2014-03-14	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Requirements for Hospital Medication Administration, Particularly Intravenous (IV) Medications and Post-Operative Care of Patients Receiving IV Opioids	Memo # 14-15-Hospital	Posting Date 2014-03-14	Fiscal Year 2014
Title For Information Only: Public Comments on the Report of the National Background Check Program (NBCP) Long-Term Care Criminal Convictions (LTCCC) Work Group	Memo # 14-13-NH	Posting Date 2014-03-07	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Survey and Certification Emergency Preparedness Initiative: S&C Emergency Preparedness Checklist Revision	Memo # 14-12-ALL	Posting Date 2014-02-28	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Publication of Final Rule “Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Program and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule; Patients’ Access to Test Reports”	Memo # 14-11-CLIA	Posting Date 2014-02-07	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Moratoria on Home Health Agency (HHA) Enrollment- Phase 2 - Metropolitan Areas of Fort Lauderdale, Detroit, Dallas and Houston and Extension of Moratoria on Metropolitan Areas of Miami and Chicago	Memo # 14-10-HHA	Posting Date 2014-02-04	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Publication of NPRM for Emergency Preparedness – Informational Only	Memo # 14-09-Emergency Preparedness	Posting Date 2014-01-03	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Hospital Equipment Maintenance Requirements	Memo # 14-07-Hospital	Posting Date 2013-12-20	Fiscal Year 2014
Title QAPI Condition-Level Deficiency in Transplant Re-approval, Complaint and Focused Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (F-QAPI) Surveys for Organ Transplant Programs – Informational Only	Memo # 14-08-Transplant Programs	Posting Date 2013-12-20	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Requirements & Conflicting Payor Requirements or Collection Practices	Memo # 14-06-Hospitals /CAHs	Posting Date 2013-12-13	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Use of Direct for the Secure Transmission of Laboratory Test Results	Memo # 14-05-CLIA	Posting Date 2013-11-08	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Citations at F Tag 454 – 42 CFR §483.70 Physical Environment, §483.70(a) Life Safety from Fire	Memo # 14-03-NH/LSC	Posting Date 2013-10-25	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Questions + Answers for State Recovery after the Federal Government Shutdown	Memo # 14-04-ALL	Posting Date 2013-10-25	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in Nursing Homes	Memo # 14-01-NH	Posting Date 2013-10-18	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Contingency Plans – State Survey & Certification Activities in the Event of Federal Government Shutdown	Memo # 14-02-ALL	Posting Date 2013-10-01	Fiscal Year 2014
Title Acquisitions of Providers/Suppliers with Rejection of Automatic Assignment of the Medicare Provider Agreement: Implications for Timing of Surveys and Participation Effective Date	Memo # 13-60-ALL	Posting Date 2013-09-06	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Release of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment’s (CLIA) Brochure #11, CLIA Individualized Quality Control Plan Introduction	Memo # 13-59-CLIA	Posting Date 2013-08-30	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Escrow and Independent Informal Dispute Resolution (Independent IDR) Process for Nursing Homes – Applicable to All Civil Money Penalties (CMPs)	Memo # 13-57-NH	Posting Date 2013-08-30	Fiscal Year 2013
Title 2000 Edition National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101® Life Safety Code (LSC) Waivers	Memo # 13-58-LSC	Posting Date 2013-08-30	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Discharge Assessments that Have Not Been Completed and/or Submitted	Memo # 13-56-NH	Posting Date 2013-08-23	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Individualized Quality Control Plan (IQCP): A New Quality Control (QC) Option	Memo # 13-54-CLIA	Posting Date 2013-08-16	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Enforcement Actions - Installation of Automatic Sprinkler Systems in Nursing Homes - August 13, 2013 Deadline	Memo # 13-55-LSC	Posting Date 2013-08-16	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Approval of the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality’s (CIHQ) Hospital Accreditation Program	Memo # 13-52-AO	Posting Date 2013-08-09	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Temporary Moratorium on Home Health Agency (HHA) Enrollment-Metropolitan Areas of Miami and Chicago	Memo # 13-53-HHA	Posting Date 2013-08-09	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Notification of Facility Closure: Revisions to Tags F203 and F204 and Issuance of New Tags F523 and F524 in the State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PP	Memo # 13-50-NH	Posting Date 2013-08-02	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Pilot-Test: Focused Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (F-QAPI) Surveys for Organ Transplant Programs – Informational Only	Memo # 13-51-Transplant Programs	Posting Date 2013-08-02	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO) Agreements with Hospitals	Memo # 13-48-OPO	Posting Date 2013-07-26	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Surveyor Technical Assistant for Renal Disease (STAR) automated End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) survey program upgrade release to coordinate with the ESRD Core Survey process roll-out Purpose	Memo #	Posting Date 2013-07-26	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Compliance with the Life Safety Code (LSC) in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities	Memo # 13-47-LSC/ESRD	Posting Date 2013-07-12	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Clearance Process– Changes to State Survey Agency Responsibilities in Obtaining Information for Civil Rights Clearances for Initial Certifications and Changes of Ownership (CHOWs)	Memo # 13-46-ALL	Posting Date 2013-07-12	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Provision of Inpatient Psychiatric Services to Individuals Under the Age of 21(Psych Under 21 Benefit) in Out-of-State Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs)	Memo # 13-45-PRTF	Posting Date 2013-07-03	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Reminder: Access and Visitation Rights in Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities	Memo # 13-42-NH	Posting Date 2013-06-28	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Changes to the Nursing Home Compare Website Data that is Available for Download on the Medicare.gov Website (Effective July 2013)	Memo # 13-43-NH	Posting Date 2013-06-28	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Public Release of the Five-Star Quality Rating System Three-Year Report	Memo # 13-44-NH	Posting Date 2013-06-28	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Notice –Revision to the Ninth Opportunity National Background Check Program Funding	Memo # 13-41-NH	Posting Date 2013-06-21	Fiscal Year 2013
Title End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Home Dialysis Only Facilities Offering Home Hemodialysis (HHD), Home Peritoneal Dialysis (PD), or Both HHD and PD Modalities	Memo # 13-40-ESRD	Posting Date 2013-06-21	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Guidance Regarding the Deployment of the Emergency Use Approval (EUA) Bird Flu Test (H7N9) to State Public Health Laboratories (PHLs) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)	Memo # 13-39-CLIA	Posting Date 2013-06-14	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Advance Copy– Changes for Sub-Task 5E, Medication Pass Observation Protocol for Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities	Memo # 13-36-NH	Posting Date 2013-06-07	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Emergency Services and Telemedicine: Implications for Emergency Services Condition of Participation (CoPs) and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) On-Call Compliance	Memo # 13-38-CAH/EMTALA	Posting Date 2013-06-07	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Rollout of Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Materials for Nursing Homes	Memo # 13-37-NH	Posting Date 2013-06-07	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Release of Mandatory Surveyor Training Program on Care of Persons with Dementia and Unnecessary Antipsychotic Medication Use – Release of Third Video	Memo # 13-34-ALL	Posting Date 2013-05-24	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Advanced Copy: Dementia Care in Nursing Homes: Clarification to Appendix P State Operations Manual (SOM) and Appendix PP in the SOM for F309 – Quality of Care and F329 – Unnecessary Drugs	Memo # 13-35-NH	Posting Date 2013-05-24	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Medicare Enrollment Guidance Updated	Memo # 13-33-FQHC	Posting Date 2013-05-17	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Cost Allocations for Surveys of Home Health Agencies (HHAs)	Memo # 13-31-HHA	Posting Date 2013-05-17	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Revision to State Operations Manual (SOM), Hospital Appendix A - Interpretive Guidelines for 42 CFR 482.43, Discharge Planning	Memo # 13-32- HOSPITAL	Posting Date 2013-05-17	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Delayed Publication of Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR) Program Specific Reports (PSR) and Implications for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Transplant Program Oversight	Memo # 13-29-Transplant	Posting Date 2013-05-10	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Utilizing the US Bureau of the Census’ (Census Bureau) American FactFinder 2010 Census Data for Rural Area Location Determinations - Hospital Swing Beds & Rural Health Clinics (RHC)	Memo # 13-30-Hospital/RHC	Posting Date 2013-05-10	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) –Nomenclature Change (Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP)	Memo # 13-28- ICF/IID-QIDP	Posting Date 2013-05-03	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Clarification of the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Criteria for Rural Location and Mountainous Terrain Distance Standard	Memo # 13-26-CAH	Posting Date 2013-04-22	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Relative Humidity (RH): Waiver of Life Safety Code (LSC) Anesthetizing Location Requirements; Discussion of Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Operating Room Requirements	Memo # 13-25-LSC & ASC	Posting Date 2013-04-22	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Update of State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 5, Complaint Investigation	Memo # 13-27-Deemed Providers/Suppliers & Hospitals	Posting Date 2013-04-22	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Report of the National Background Check Program (NBCP) Long-Term Care (LTC) Criminal Convictions Work Group	Memo # 13-24-NH	Posting Date 2013-04-12	Fiscal Year 2013
Title FY2013 Sequestration Adjustments for Survey & Certification (S&C)	Memo # 13-23-ALL	Posting Date 2013-04-05	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Life Safety Code (LSC) Short Form Survey for Nursing Homes – Limited Option	Memo # 13-22-NH	Posting Date 2013-04-05	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Access to Statements of Deficiencies (CMS-2567) on the Web for Skilled Nursing Facilities, Nursing Facilities, Hospitals,& Critical Access Hospitals	Memo # 13-21-ALL	Posting Date 2013-03-22	Fiscal Year 2013
Title AHRQ Common Formats - Information for Hospitals and State Survey Agencies (SAs) - Comprehensive Patient Safety Reporting Using AHRQ Common Formats	Memo # 13-19-HOSPITALS	Posting Date 2013-03-15	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Guidance for Hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs) Related to Various Rules Reducing Provider/Supplier Burden	Memo # 13-20-Acute Care	Posting Date 2013-03-15	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Revised Roll-Out of the New End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Core Survey Process	Memo # 13-18-ESRD	Posting Date 2013-03-08	Fiscal Year 2013
Title F tag 155-- Advance Directives- Revised Advance Copy	Memo # 13-16-NH	Posting Date 2013-03-08	Fiscal Year 2013
Title F tag 322—Naso-Gastric Tubes - Revised Advance Copy	Memo # 13-17-NH	Posting Date 2013-03-08	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Luer Misconnection Adverse Events	Memo # 13-14-ALL	Posting Date 2013-03-08	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Physician Delegation of Tasks in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and Nursing Facilities (NFs)	Memo # 13-15-NH	Posting Date 2013-03-08	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Notice -Ninth Opportunity National Background Check Program Funding	Memo # 13-12- NH	Posting Date 2013-03-01	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Information Only: New Dining Standards of Practice Resources are Available Now	Memo # 13-13-NH	Posting Date 2013-03-01	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Intermediate Care Facilities for the Intellectually Disabled (ICF/IID) No Longer Certified Under Time-Limited Agreements	Memo # 13-11- ICF/IID	Posting Date 2013-02-08	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Crosswalk Guide to the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Oversight of Organ Transplant Programs	Memo # 13-10-Transplant	Posting Date 2013-02-01	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Expiration of the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Moratorium	Memo # 13-08--Hospitals	Posting Date 2013-01-25	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Clarification of Interpretive Guidance at F Tag 441-Laundry and Infection Control	Memo # 13-09-NH	Posting Date 2013-01-25	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Release of CLIA Brochure 10, What Do I Need to Do to Assess Personnel Competency?	Memo # 13-07-CLIA	Posting Date 2012-12-21	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Notice - Eighth Opportunity National Background Check Program Funding	Memo # 13-06 - NH	Posting Date 2012-12-14	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Preview of Nursing Home Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement (QAPI) Guide – QAPI at a Glance	Memo # 13-05-NH	Posting Date 2012-12-14	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Collection of Information from Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs)	Memo # 13-04-IRF	Posting Date 2012-11-30	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Patient Safety Initiative FY 2013 Pilot Phase – Revised Draft Surveyor Worksheets	Memo # 13-03-Hospital	Posting Date 2012-11-09	Fiscal Year 2013
Title The Roll-Out of the New End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Core Survey Process	Memo # 13-01-ESRD	Posting Date 2012-11-02	Fiscal Year 2013
Title Nursing Homes - Clarification of Guidance related to Medication Errors and Pharmacy Services	Memo # 13-02-NH	Posting Date 2012-11-02	Fiscal Year 2013
Title F tag 322—Feeding Tubes-Advance Copy	Memo # 12-46-NH	Posting Date 2012-09-27	Fiscal Year 2012
Title F tag 309—Quality of Care- Advance Copy	Memo # 12-48-NH	Posting Date 2012-09-27	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Advance Copy of Interim Guidance - Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix P-Traditional Survey Protocol for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Chapter 9/Exhibits including Survey Forms 672, 802, 802S and 802P	Memo # 12-45-NH	Posting Date 2012-09-27	Fiscal Year 2012
Title F tag 155-- Advance Directives- Advance Copy	Memo # 12-47- NH	Posting Date 2012-09-27	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Impact of Nursing Shortage on Hospice Care	Memo # 12-43-Hospice	Posting Date 2012-09-14	Fiscal Year 2012
Title “Hand in Hand: A Training Series for Nursing Homes,” on Person-Centered Care of Persons with Dementia and Prevention of Abuse	Memo # 12-44-NH	Posting Date 2012-09-14	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Request to Convey Information: Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes	Memo # 12-42-NH	Posting Date 2012-08-24	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Pilot Surveys Begin for the Survey & Certification (S&C) Quality Assurance Efficiency & Effectiveness (QAEE) Initiative #1: The End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Core Survey Process	Memo # 12-41-ESRD	Posting Date 2012-07-27	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Notice - Seventh Opportunity National Background Check Program Funding	Memo # 12-40 - NH	Posting Date 2012-07-13	Fiscal Year 2012
Title 2012 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Nursing Home Action Plan	Memo # 12-39-NH	Posting Date 2012-07-06	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) in Nursing Homes- Activities Related to QAPI Implementation	Memo # 12-38-NH	Posting Date 2012-06-29	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Redesign Updates to the Nursing Home Compare Website	Memo # 12-37-NH	Posting Date 2012-06-22	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Safe Use of Single Dose/Single Use Medications to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections	Memo # 12-35-ALL	Posting Date 2012-06-15	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Revised Hospital Conditions of Participation (CoPs) – Governing	Memo # 12-36-HOSPITAL	Posting Date 2012-06-15	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Clarification and revisions to Interpretive Guidance at F Tag 492, as Part of Appendix PP, State Operations Manual (SOM) for Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities	Memo # 12-34-NH	Posting Date 2012-06-01	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Approval of the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities’ (AAAASFs’) Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Accreditation Program	Memo # 12-33-AO	Posting Date 2012-05-25	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Environmental Scan of State Survey Agency Training Coordinators and Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) Coordinators Nursing Home HAI Prevention programs	Memo # 12-31-HAI	Posting Date 2012-05-18	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Patient Safety Initiative Pilot Phase – Revised Draft Surveyor Worksheets	Memo # 12-32-Hospital	Posting Date 2012-05-18	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Use of Insulin Pens in Health Care Facilities	Memo # 12-30-ALL	Posting Date 2012-05-18	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Process Change for Histocompatibility Laboratories	Memo # 12-28-CLIA	Posting Date 2012-05-11	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Publication of Two Final Rules “Medicare and Medicaid Program; Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction CMS-9070-F” and “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Reform of Hospital and Critical Access Hospital C...	Memo # 12-29-ALL	Posting Date 2012-05-11	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Utilizing the US Bureau of the Census’ (Census Bureau) American FactFinder Database when making a Rural Area Location Determination	Memo # 12-27-Hospital/RHC	Posting Date 2012-04-20	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Home Health Survey and Certification Activities Related to Program Safeguards: Deactivation	Memo # 12-26-HHA	Posting Date 2012-04-06	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Revisions to the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual and Item Subsets	Memo # 12-25-NH	Posting Date 2012-03-30	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Revisions to Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Patient Rights Regulation	Memo # 12-24-ASC	Posting Date 2012-03-30	Fiscal Year 2012
Title INFORMATION: Reducing Avoidable Hospitalizations among Nursing Facility Residents; State Survey	Memo # 12-23-ALL	Posting Date 2012-03-16	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI) Prevention Program Environmental Scan of State Survey Agency	Memo # 12-22-NH	Posting Date 2012-03-16	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Implementing the Individualized Quality Control Plan (IQCP) for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amen	Memo # 12-20-CLIA	Posting Date 2012-03-09	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Instructions Concerning Waivers of Specific Requirements of the 2012 Edition of the National Fire	Memo # 12-21-LSC	Posting Date 2012-03-09	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Living Donor Services Occurring in Transplant Programs Other than that of the Organ Recipient: Requirements and Surveyor Guidance	Memo # 12-19-Transplant	Posting Date 2012-03-09	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Hospital Patient Privacy and Medical Record Confidentiality	Memo # 12-18-Hospitals	Posting Date 2012-03-02	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Referring Practitioners Ordering Outpatient Services in Hospitals	Memo # 12-17-Hospitals	Posting Date 2012-02-17	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Home Health Survey and Certification Activities Related to Program	Memo # 12-14-HHA	Posting Date 2011-12-23	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Survey and Certification Responsibilities Related to Provider Enrollment Revocations	Memo # 12-16-ALL	Posting Date 2011-12-23	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Use of Federally Imposed Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Funds by States	Memo # 12-13-NH	Posting Date 2011-12-16	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Affordable Care Act and Implications for Certification of Physician-owned Hospitals	Memo # 12-10-Hospital/CAH	Posting Date 2011-12-09	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Prudent Action for the FY 2012 Medicare Survey & Certification (S&C) Budget	Memo # 12-12-ALL	Posting Date 2011-12-09	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Notice - Fifth Opportunity National Background Check Program Funding	Memo # 12-11-NH	Posting Date 2011-12-09	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Certificate and Regulatory Multiple Site Exceptions under CLIA	Memo # 12-09-CLIA	Posting Date 2011-12-02	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Instructions for Completing Exhibit 286, Hospital/Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Database Worksheet	Memo # 12-06- Hospitals/CAHs	Posting Date 2011-12-02	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Clarification of Hospital Equipment Maintenance Requirements	Memo # 12-07-Hospital	Posting Date 2011-12-02	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Federal Requirements for the Independent Informal Dispute Resolution (Independent IDR) Process for	Memo # 12-08-NH	Posting Date 2011-12-02	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Updated Guidance on Medication Administration, Hospital Appendix A of the State Operations Manual	Memo # 12-05-Hospital	Posting Date 2011-11-18	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Alert: Smoking Safety in Long Term Care Facilities	Memo # 12-04-NH	Posting Date 2011-11-10	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Initial Plans and Policy Implementation for Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)	Memo # 12-03-CLIA	Posting Date 2011-11-04	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Issuance of Revisions to Interpretive Guidance at F tag 322, as Part of Appendix PP, State Operations Manual (SOM)	Memo # 11-37-NH	Posting Date 2011-10-21	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Survey & Certification Focus on Patient Safety and Quality - Draft Surveyor Worksheets	Memo # 12-01-Hospital	Posting Date 2011-10-14	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Federal Requirements for the Independent Informal Dispute Resolution (Independent IDR) Process for N	Memo # 12-02-NH	Posting Date 2011-10-14	Fiscal Year 2012
Title Living Donor Services Occurring in Transplant Programs Other than that of the Organ Recipient	Memo # 11-40-Transplant	Posting Date 2011-09-30	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Affordable Care Act Section 6103: Guidance for State Consumer Oriented Websites	Memo # 11-41-NHs	Posting Date 2011-09-30	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Use of Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Funds by States	Memo # 11-42-NH	Posting Date 2011-09-30	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Guidance for State Survey Agencies Responding to Requests for Survey Documents	Memo # 11-39-ALL	Posting Date 2011-09-16	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Hospital Patients' Rights to Delegate Decisions to Representatives	Memo # 11-36-Hospital/CAH	Posting Date 2011-09-07	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Compliance with Food Procurement Requirements for Nursing Homes with Gardens	Memo # 11-38-NH	Posting Date 2011-09-07	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Mandate of Section 6121 of the Affordable Care Act for Nurse Aide Training in Nursing Homes	Memo # 11-35-NH	Posting Date 2011-08-12	Fiscal Year 2011
Title The Use of Video Cameras in Common Areas in Intermediate Care Facilities for	Memo # 11-34-ICF/MR	Posting Date 2011-07-29	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Telemedicine Services in Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals	Memo # 11-32- Hospital/CAH	Posting Date 2011-07-15	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Clarification of Rural Eligibility Status for Hospital Swing Beds, Critical Access Hospitals	Memo # 11-33-Hospital/CAH/RHC	Posting Date 2011-07-15	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Changes to the Minimum Data Set Version 3.0 (MDS 3.0) Assessment Modification	Memo # 11-31-NH	Posting Date 2011-07-01	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Reporting Reasonable Suspicion of a Crime in a Long-Term Care Facility	Memo # 11-30-NH	Posting Date 2011-06-17	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Verification of Recipient and Donor Blood Type and Other Vital Data	Memo # 11-29-Transplant	Posting Date 2011-05-27	Fiscal Year 2011
Title State Operations Manual (SOM) Hospital Appendix A Update	Memo # 11-28-Hospitals	Posting Date 2011-05-13	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Approval of Deeming Authority of the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery	Memo # 11-27-AO	Posting Date 2011-05-06	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Approval of Deeming Authority of the Joint Commission for Psychiatric	Memo # 11-26-AO	Posting Date 2011-05-06	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Clarification of 482.61(b (3): Requirements for a Screening Neurological	Memo # 11-25-PSYCH	Posting Date 2011-04-29	Fiscal Year 2011
Title New Initiative: Partnership for Patients: Better Care,	Memo # 11-24-ALL	Posting Date 2011-04-22	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Notice - Third Opportunity National Background	Memo # 11-23-NH	Posting Date 2011-04-22	Fiscal Year 2011
Title QAPI Initiatives related to Section 6102 (c)	Memo # 11-22-NH	Posting Date 2011-04-08	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Notification of Withdrawal of CMS 2252-P -Cytology	Memo # 11-19-CLIA	Posting Date 2011-04-08	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Clarifications to the ASC Interpretive Guidelines	Memo # 11-21-ASC	Posting Date 2011-04-08	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Contingency Plans - State Survey & Certification	Memo # 11-20-ALL	Posting Date 2011-04-08	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Final Rule for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) and Nursing Facilities (NF)	Memo # 11-18-NH	Posting Date 2011-04-01	Fiscal Year 2011
Title April and July 2011 Changes to Nursing Home Compare	Memo # 11-17-NH	Posting Date 2011-03-18	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Clarification of Self-Administration of Medications	Memo # 11-14-ICF/MR	Posting Date 2011-03-18	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Clarification of Reporting Mistreatment, Neglect and	Memo # 11-15-ICF/MR	Posting Date 2011-03-18	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Publication of Final Rule Civil Money Penalties for Nursing Homes	Memo # 11-16-NH	Posting Date 2011-03-18	Fiscal Year 2011
Title End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Update of	Memo # 11-13-ESRD	Posting Date 2011-03-18	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Relationship Between Civil Money Penalty Funds Paid by Nursing Homes and the Money Follows the Perso	Memo # 11-12-NH	Posting Date 2011-03-11	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Facility Life Safety Code (LSC) Occupancy Classification	Memo # 11-05-LSC	Posting Date 2011-02-18	Fiscal Year 2011
Title EXPIRED: Revised Home Health Survey Protocols	Memo # 11-11-HHA (EXPIRED)	Posting Date 2011-02-11	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Revised Hospital Anesthesia Services Interpretive Guidelines - State Operations Manual Appendix	Memo # 11-10-Hospitals	Posting Date 2011-01-14	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Approval of Deeming Authority of Det Norske Veritas Healthcare (DNVHC) for Critical Access Hospitals	Memo # 11-09-AO-CAHs	Posting Date 2011-01-14	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA)	Memo # 11-08-CLIA	Posting Date 2011-01-13	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Clarifications to the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Interpretive Guidelines - Comprehensive Medic	Memo # 11-06-ASC	Posting Date 2010-12-17	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Interior Finish Documentation Requirements for Multiple Providers -Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgical Ce	Memo # 11-07-LSC	Posting Date 2010-12-17	Fiscal Year 2011
Title FY 2011 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule Changes Affecting Survey and Certification	Memo # 11-04 -ALL	Posting Date 2010-11-26	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Survey and Certification of Chemical Toxicity Public Health Laboratories (CT PHL's) under the	Memo # 11-03-CLIA	Posting Date 2010-10-29	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Impact of Submission Issues with the Minimum Submission and Processing (ASAP) System on the Long	Memo # 11-02-NH	Posting Date 2010-10-29	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Copy of Chapter 7 - Survey and Enforcement Processes for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Faci	Memo # 11-01-NH	Posting Date 2010-10-15	Fiscal Year 2011
Title Advance Copy: Revisions to Appendix PP, State OpeGuidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities	Memo # 10-33-NH	Posting Date 2010-09-24	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Special Focus Facilities (SFF) Procedures	Memo # 10-32-NH	Posting Date 2010-09-17	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Impact of Nursing Shortage on Hospice Care	Memo # 10-31-Hospice	Posting Date 2010-09-17	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Advance Notice - Second Opportunity National Background Check Program Funding	Memo # 10-29-ALL	Posting Date 2010-09-10	Fiscal Year 2010
Title End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Program Keeping Informed about Survey	Memo # 10-30-ESRD	Posting Date 2010-09-10	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Point of Care Devices and Infection Control in Nursing Homes	Memo # 10-28-NH	Posting Date 2010-08-27	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Advance Copy - Description of Temporary Changes to Appendix P, State Operations Manual (SOM),	Memo # 10-27-NH	Posting Date 2010-07-30	Fiscal Year 2010
Title 42CFR 483.470(i)(2)(i) Evacuation Drills for IMentally Retarded (ICFs/MR) Certified	Memo # 10-26-LSC	Posting Date 2010-07-27	Fiscal Year 2010
Title COLA Pathology Withdrawal : Transition Procedures under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendmen	Memo # 10-24-CLIA	Posting Date 2010-07-27	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Extension of Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Moratorium	Memo # 10-25-Hospitals	Posting Date 2010-07-27	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Publication of Proposed Rule Civil Money Penalties for Nursing Homes CMS-2435-P	Memo # 10-23-NH	Posting Date 2010-07-12	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Questions Related to State Agency (SA) Records Management Policy for Paper and Electronic Formats	Memo # 10-22-ALL	Posting Date 2010-07-12	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Advance Notice - Upcoming Solicitation - National Background Check Program for Direct Patient Access	Memo # 10-21-NH	Posting Date 2010-05-28	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Waiting Area Separation Requirements	Memo # 10-20-ASC	Posting Date 2010-05-21	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Posting of Quality of Care and Quality of Life Indicators	Memo # 10-19-NHQIS	Posting Date 2010-05-21	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Revision of SC-04-41, Corridor Width ands Corridor Mounted Computer Touch Screens in Facilities	Memo # 10-18-LSC	Posting Date 2010-05-14	Fiscal Year 2010
Title ESRD Program Survey Guidance on Patient Care Dialysis Technicians Certification	Memo # 10-17-ESRD	Posting Date 2010-04-23	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Outcome Deficiencies in Medicare-Certified Transplant Program: Procedures for Citation	Memo # 10-16-Transplant	Posting Date 2010-04-16	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Change to the 5 Star Monthly Provider Preview	Memo # 10-15-NH	Posting Date 2010-04-16	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Guidance to Surveyors Regarding the STERIS SYSTEM 1 Sterile Processing System (SS1)	Memo # 10-14-ALL	Posting Date 2010-04-02	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Approval of Deeming Authority of the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for Hospices	Memo # 10-13-AO	Posting Date 2010-04-02	Fiscal Year 2010
Title CLIA Update for Electronic Exchange of Laboratory Information	Memo # 10-12-CLIA	Posting Date 2010-03-01	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Use of the Name of the Laboratory Director and EIN listed in the CLIA Data System	Memo # 10-11-CLIA	Posting Date 2010-01-29	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Regulatory Changes	Memo # 10-10-CAH	Posting Date 2009-12-31	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Revised Hospital Anesthesia Services Interpretive Guidelines SOM Appendix A	Memo # 10-09-Hospital	Posting Date 2009-12-11	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Phasing Implementation of Life Safety Code Surveys in ESRD Facilities for CY 2010	Memo # 10-08-ESRD	Posting Date 2009-11-20	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Consolidation of Personnel Policies for Individuals Directing or Performing Non-waived Tests	Memo # 10-07-CLIA	Posting Date 2009-11-06	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Presidential Emergency Declaration and HHS Section 1135 Waiver Authorization	Memo # 10-06-ALL	Posting Date 2009-11-06	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Waiver to Allow Hospitals to Use the NFPA 6-Year Damper Testing Interval	Memo # 10-04-LSC	Posting Date 2009-10-30	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Approval of State and National Certification Programs for Dialysis Technicians Under New ESRD CFCs	Memo # 10-03-ESRD	Posting Date 2009-10-30	Fiscal Year 2010
Title H1N1 Flu Vaccinations or Other Emergency Activities	Memo # 10-02-ALL	Posting Date 2009-10-16	Fiscal Year 2010
Title EMTALA Regulation Changes and H1N1 Pandemic Flu and EMTALA Waivers	Memo # 10-05-EMTALA	Posting Date 2009-10-06	Fiscal Year 2010
Title State Survey Agency Treatment of Subpoenas Duces Tecum for Federal and Joint Federal/State Documents	Memo # 10-01-ALL	Posting Date 2009-10-02	Fiscal Year 2010
Title Advance Copy - Hospice State Operations Manual (SOM) Sections 2080-2089	Memo # 09-58	Posting Date 2009-09-18	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Obtaining Civil Rights Clearances for Initial Certifications and CHOWs- Please see new update to this memo-S&C:13-46-ALL, dated July 12, 2013.	Memo # 09-57	Posting Date 2009-09-11	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Flash Sterilization Clarification - FY 2010 Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Surveys	Memo # 09-55	Posting Date 2009-09-04	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Related to the New ESRD Conditions for Coverage	Memo # 09-56	Posting Date 2009-09-04	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Clarification of Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Interpretive Guidelines	Memo # 09-51	Posting Date 2009-08-14	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Issuance of Revisions to Interpretive Guidance at F Tag 441, as Part of Appendix PP, SOM	Memo # 09-54	Posting Date 2009-08-14	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Surveying Facilities That Use Electronic Health Records (EHR)	Memo # 09-53	Posting Date 2009-08-14	Fiscal Year 2009
Title EMTALA Requirements and Options for Hospitals in a Disaster	Memo # 09-52	Posting Date 2009-08-14	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Priority Order of Quality Indicator Survey (QIS) National Implementation in States	Memo # 09-50	Posting Date 2009-08-07	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Initial Surveys of CAH Distinct Part Units (DPUs) Changed to Tier 4 Priority Status	Memo # 09-49	Posting Date 2009-08-07	Fiscal Year 2009
Title CLIA Policy on November 2009 CLIA Basic Training	Memo # 09-48	Posting Date 2009-07-31	Fiscal Year 2009
Title ICFMR Clarification of Protection of Client's Rights	Memo # 09-47	Posting Date 2009-07-10	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Release of Report Evaluation of the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS)	Memo # 09-46	Posting Date 2009-06-24	Fiscal Year 2009
Title North Dakota and Minnesota Flooding Public Health Emergency and 1135 Waiver Termination	Memo # 09-45	Posting Date 2009-06-19	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Use of Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Funds by States and Reporting of CMP Funds Returned to the State	Memo # 09-44	Posting Date 2009-06-19	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Recovery Act Ambulatory Surgical Center Healthcare Associated Infection Prevention Initiative	Memo # 09-43	Posting Date 2009-06-12	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Policy Regarding Unannounced Surveys	Memo # 09-41	Posting Date 2009-06-05	Fiscal Year 2009
Title June 30, 2009 Healthcare Associated Infections Professional Stakeholder Meeting	Memo # 09-42	Posting Date 2009-06-05	Fiscal Year 2009
Title One-time Cash Benefit to ICF/MR Clients	Memo # 09-40	Posting Date 2009-05-29	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Nursing Home Requirements for Food Procurement, Self Determination, and Participation	Memo # 09-39	Posting Date 2009-05-29	Fiscal Year 2009
Title One-Time Cash Benefit to Nursing Home Residents	Memo # 09-38	Posting Date 2009-05-15	Fiscal Year 2009
Title State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix L, Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASC) Comprehensive Revision	Memo # 09-37	Posting Date 2009-05-15	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) -- Impact of A/H1N1 Swine Flu on CLIA Operations	Memo # 09-35	Posting Date 2009-05-06	Fiscal Year 2009
Title H1N1 Flu State Survey Agency Guidance and Provider Tracking Tools	Memo # 09-36	Posting Date 2009-05-06	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Release of Form CMS-2567 (Statement of Deficiencies) by State Survey Agencies (SAs)	Memo # 09-34	Posting Date 2009-04-30	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Survey and Certification Issues Related to Swine Flu Outbreak	Memo # 09-33	Posting Date 2009-04-28	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Expansion of Moratorium Exception on Classification of Long Term Care Hospitals or Satellites	Memo # 09-32	Posting Date 2009-04-17	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Issuance of Revisions to Interpretive Guidance at Several Tags, as Part of Appendix PP, SOM	Memo # 09-31	Posting Date 2009-04-10	Fiscal Year 2009
Title FDA Warning to Nursing Homes Regarding Recalled Food Products Containing Peanuts	Memo # 09-29	Posting Date 2009-03-27	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Survey and Certification Issues Related to North Dakota and Minnesota Flooding	Memo # 09-30	Posting Date 2009-03-27	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Publication of Proposed Regulations for Gynecologic Cytology Proficiency Testing (PT) under CLIA	Memo # 09-28	Posting Date 2009-03-13	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Updated Interim Guidance Regarding the Temporary Mid-Level Staffing Waiver for RHCs	Memo # 09-27	Posting Date 2009-03-13	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) 2009 Final Rule Revisions to EMTALA Regulations	Memo # 09-26	Posting Date 2009-03-06	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Enforcement of Amended Requirements for Certain Hospital and CAH Disclosures To Patients	Memo # 09-25	Posting Date 2009-02-13	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Implementation of the Life Safety Code Component for the New ESRD Conditions for Coverage	Memo # 09-24	Posting Date 2009-02-11	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Entities with One CLIA Certificate for Multiple Sites	Memo # 09-23	Posting Date 2009-02-06	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Revised Quality of Care Guidance at F309, including Pain Management as Part of Appendix PP SOM	Memo # 09-22	Posting Date 2009-01-23	Fiscal Year 2009
Title 2009 Physician Fee Schedule Changes Affecting the Survey & Certification of Rehabilitation Programs	Memo # 09-21	Posting Date 2009-01-16	Fiscal Year 2009
Title S and C Issues Related to Liability Notices and Beneficiary Appeal Rights in Nursing Homes	Memo # 09-20	Posting Date 2009-01-09	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Advance Copy Hospice Program Interpretive Guidance Version 1.1	Memo # 09-19	Posting Date 2009-01-02	Fiscal Year 2009
Title The Five Star Nursing Home Rating System Questions and Answers	Memo # 09-18	Posting Date 2008-12-19	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Launching of Five Star Rating System on the Nursing Home Compare Website	Memo # 09-17	Posting Date 2008-12-05	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Additional Revision of SOM - Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)	Memo # 09-16	Posting Date 2008-11-26	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Interim Guidance Regarding the Survey and Certification of RHCs and FQHCs	Memo # 09-14	Posting Date 2008-11-21	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Waivers and Phase-In Time Extensions for the Implementation of the New ESRD Conditions for Coverage	Memo # 09-13	Posting Date 2008-11-21	Fiscal Year 2009
Title New CAH requirements under 42 CFR 485.610(e) related to CAH Co-location and provider-based locations	Memo # 09-15	Posting Date 2008-11-21	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Release of Report - Freedom from Unnecessary Physical Restraints: Two Decades of National Progress	Memo # 09-11	Posting Date 2008-11-07	Fiscal Year 2009
Title SOM Chapter 5 Update - Release of Person-Identifiable Data Related to Restraint/Seclusion Deaths	Memo # 09-12	Posting Date 2008-11-07	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Standing Orders in Hospitals Revisions to SandC Memoranda	Memo # 09-10	Posting Date 2008-10-24	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Advance Copy - Organ Transplant Program State Operations Manual (SOM) and Survey Protocol	Memo # 09-09	Posting Date 2008-10-24	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Accreditation and its Impact on Various Survey and Certification Scenarios	Memo # 09-08	Posting Date 2008-10-17	Fiscal Year 2009
Title New Web Feature: Laboratories Demographic Look-Up	Memo # 09-07	Posting Date 2008-10-17	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Revised CLIA Policy on Quality Control for Commercially Available Microbial Identification Systems	Memo # 09-06	Posting Date 2008-10-17	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Special Focus Facility (SFF) Program Survey Scoring Methodology	Memo # 09-05	Posting Date 2008-10-10	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Enforcement of Section 506, MMA, Acceptance of Medicare-like Rates	Memo # 09-03	Posting Date 2008-10-03	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Adoption of New Fire Safety Requirements for LTC, Mandatory Sprinkler Installation Requirement	Memo # 09-04	Posting Date 2008-10-03	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Advance Copy ESRD Program Interpretive Guidance Version 1.1	Memo # 09-01	Posting Date 2008-10-03	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Approval of Deeming Authority of Det Norske Veritas Healthcare, Inc. for Hospitals	Memo # 09-02	Posting Date 2008-10-03	Fiscal Year 2009
Title Impact of Nursing Shortage on Hospice	Memo # 08-37	Posting Date 2008-09-19	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Survey and Certification Issues Related to Hurricane Ike	Memo # 08-36	Posting Date 2008-09-12	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Compliance With State Fire and Safety Code in Lieu of Life Safety Code	Memo # 08-34	Posting Date 2008-09-05	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Drug or Alcohol Screening/Testing and CLIA Certification	Memo # 08-35	Posting Date 2008-09-05	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Survey and Certification Issues Related to Hurricane Gustav	Memo # 08-33	Posting Date 2008-09-02	Fiscal Year 2008
Title State Selection of SFFs for Technical Assistance by QIOs - New 9th Scope of Work Item	Memo # 08-32	Posting Date 2008-08-15	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Draft Interpretive Guidance for the Survey Process of the New ESRD Conditions for Coverage	Memo # 08-31	Posting Date 2008-08-08	Fiscal Year 2008
Title 2008 Physician Fee Schedule Changes Affecting Survey & Certification	Memo # 08-30	Posting Date 2008-08-01	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Revision of Publication 100-07, State Operations Manual (SOM) - FQHCs	Memo # 08-29	Posting Date 2008-08-01	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Issuance of Revised Nutrition and Sanitary Conditions as Part of Appendix PP, SOM	Memo # 08-28	Posting Date 2008-06-20	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Survey and Certification Issues Related to Iowa and Indiana Flooding Disasters	Memo # 08-27	Posting Date 2008-06-17	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Advance Copy - Organ Transplant Program Interpretive Guidelines	Memo # 08-25	Posting Date 2008-06-13	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Moratorium on Classification of Long-Term Care Hospitals	Memo # 08-26	Posting Date 2008-06-13	Fiscal Year 2008
Title SOM Chapter 5/Release of Person-Identifiable Data Related to Restraint/Seclusion Deaths to PA and As	Memo # 08-23	Posting Date 2008-05-30	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Signature Stamps for Home Health Agencies and Hospices	Memo # 08-22	Posting Date 2008-05-30	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Updated Brochure Describing the Quality Indicator Survey (QIS)	Memo # 08-21	Posting Date 2008-05-16	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Safe Injection Practices in Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs)	Memo # 08-20	Posting Date 2008-05-16	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Alert: Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Heparin Recall For All Provider Types	Memo # 08-19	Posting Date 2008-05-09	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Restraint/Seclusion Interpretive Guidelines & Updated SOM Appendix A	Memo # 08-18	Posting Date 2008-04-11	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Transplant Surveys: Guidance for Citing Condition and Standard-Level Deficiencies	Memo # 08-17	Posting Date 2008-04-04	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Provision of Observation Services in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)	Memo # 08-16	Posting Date 2008-04-04	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Revised State Operations Manual Appendix V - EMTALA	Memo # 08-15	Posting Date 2008-03-21	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Federal Minimum Qualification Standards for LTC Registered QIS Surveyors	Memo # 08-14	Posting Date 2008-03-21	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Initial Surveys of RHCs and SNFs - Raised to Tier 3 Priority	Memo # 08-13	Posting Date 2008-03-07	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Accreditation Option for Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Distinct Part Units	Memo # 08-11	Posting Date 2008-02-08	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Revised Interpretive Guidelines for Hospital Conditions of Participation	Memo # 08-12	Posting Date 2008-02-08	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Use of Interpretive Guidance by Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities	Memo # 08-10	Posting Date 2008-01-18	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Requirements for Provider-based Off-campus Emergency Departments	Memo # 08-08	Posting Date 2008-01-11	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Surveying Facilities that Receive Food Prepared by Off-Site Kitchens	Memo # 08-09	Posting Date 2008-01-11	Fiscal Year 2008
Title Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM) Exhibits	Memo # 08-06	Posting Date 2007-12-07	Fiscal Year 2008

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