Survey & Certification Letters

• Information Only: New Dining Standards of Practice Resources are Available Now

  

• Intermediate Care Facilities for the Intellectually Disabled (ICF/IID) No Longer Certified Under Time-Limited Agreements

  

• Crosswalk Guide to the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Oversight of Organ Transplant Programs

  

• Expiration of the Long-Term Care Hospital (LTCH) Moratorium

  

• Clarification of Interpretive Guidance at F Tag 441-Laundry and Infection Control

  

• Release of CLIA Brochure 10, What Do I Need to Do to Assess Personnel Competency

  

• Notice - Eighth Opportunity National Background Check Program Funding

  

• Preview of Nursing Home Quality Assurance & Performance Improvement (QAPI) Guide – QAPI at a Glance

  

• Collection of Information from Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs)

  

• Patient Safety Initiative FY 2013 Pilot Phase – Revised Draft Surveyor Worksheets

  

• The Roll-Out of the New End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Core Survey Process

  

• Nursing Homes - Clarification of Guidance related to Medication Errors and Pharmacy Services