Survey & Certification Letters

• Consumer Alerts added to the Nursing Home Compare website and the Five Star Quality Rating System

  

• Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Chapter 6 – Special Procedures for Laboratories

  

• 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

  

• Notice of Final Rule Adjusting Civil Monetary Penalties (CMPs) for Inflation

  

• Survey and Approval of Pancreas and Intestine Transplant Centers

  

• Emergency Preparedness- Updates to Appendix Z of the State Operations Manual (SOM)

  

• Specialized Infection Prevention and Control Training for Nursing Home Staff in the Long-Term Care Setting

  

• Clarification of the Operation of Multiple Laboratories at the Same Location and the Discontinued Use of the Term Shared Laboratory

  

• CMS Clarification of Psychiatric Environmental Risks

  

• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Proficiency Testing (PT) Referral Categories

  

• An Initiative to Address Facility Initiated Discharges that Violate Federal Regulations

  

• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Release of Request for Information (RFI)

  

• Texting of Patient Information among Healthcare Providers

  

• Revised Policies regarding the Immediate Imposition of Federal Remedies- FOR ACTION

  

• Clarification regarding Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP/CEP) Waiver and Appeal Requirements

  

• Home Health Agency (HHA) Subunits

  

• Preparation for Launch of New Long-Term Care Survey Process (LTCSP)

  

• Clarification of Ligature Risk Policy

  

• CLIA Proficiency Testing (PT) Referral Categories

  

• Clarification Regarding the Use of Control Materials as Calibrators to Determine Test Cut-off Values