As they become available, CMS memoranda, letters and instructions to State
Survey Agency Directors and CMS Regional Offices will be posted by
category.
| Title |
Number |
Date |
|
Fiscal Year 2004
|
|
|
| Implementation of Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Distinct Part Units (DPUs) for Psychiatric and Rehabilitation Services
(S&C 04-48) - PDF 94KB |
#48 |
09/29/04 |
| FY 2004 State Performance Review Protocol Guidance
(S&C 04-47) - PDF 692KB; Attachment 4, Excel Zip 7KB |
#47 |
09/9/04 |
| Electronic Signature Guidance
(S&C 04-46) - PDF 66KB |
#46 |
09/9/04 |
| Home Health Agencies (HHAs): Clarification of Timing Requirements For Conducting The Comprehensive Assessment On Pediatric And Maternity Patients As Well As Those Patients Receiving Personal Care Services Only
(S&C 04-45) - PDF 63KB |
#45 |
09/9/04 |
| Availability and Implementation of the Pharmaceutical and Herbal Products Database
(S&C 04-44) - PDF 75KB |
#44 |
09/9/04 |
| Final Adjustment in Implementation Date - October 1, 2004 - National Transition Date for the Automated Survey Processing Environment (ASPEN) Enforcement Manager (AEM) for Nursing Homes
(S&C 04-43) - PDF 139KB |
#43 |
08/12/04 |
| Status of the
December 24, 2003 Final Rule: Rural Health Clinics (S&C 04-42) - PDF
52KB |
#42 |
08/12/04 |
| Corridor Width &
Corridor Mounted Computer Touch Screens in Health Care Facilities -
Clarification Effective Immediately (S&C 04-41) - PDF 57KB |
#41 |
08/12/04 |
| Resident Assessment
Instrument (RAI) Training Program (S&C 04-40) - PDF 60KB |
#40 |
08/12/04 |
| Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments (CLIA) State Agency Performance Review (SAPR)-Fiscal
Year 2004 (FY2004) (S&C 04-39) - PDF 173KB |
#39 |
08/12/04 |
| Additional Language
Required In Initial Notice To Nursing Homes (S&C 04-38) - PDF 63KB |
#38 |
08/12/04 |
| Addendum 1 S&C
Letter 04-24 on the Care for Residents of Long-Term (LTC) Facilities Who
Receive End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Services (S&C 04-) - PDF
76KB |
#37 |
07/08/04 |
| Corrections to
Appendix H of the State Operations Manual (SOM) Web Version (S&C 04-36)
- PDF 68KB |
#36 |
07/08/04 |
| Physicians Rubber
Stamp Signature (S&C 04-35) - PDF 63KB |
#35 |
07/08/04 |
| Revised Emergency
Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Interpretive Guidelines (S&C
04-34) - PDF 408KB |
#34 |
05/13/04 |
| Life Safety Code
(LSC) and State Performance Standards (S&C 04-33) - PDF 76KB |
#33 |
05/13/04 |
| Rollout of New
Surveyor Aptitude Test and In-Service Training Guide (S&C 04-32) - PDF
703KB |
#32 |
05/13/04 |
| Status of Form
CMS-1514 (S&C 04-31) - PDF 213KB |
#31 |
05/13/04 |
| Clarification of the
Scoring for Measure 5 (Medication Investigation) of the Federal Oversight
Support Survey (FOSS) Protocol for Long Term Care (LTC) (S&C 04-30) -
PDF 57KB |
#30 |
05/13/04 |
| Life Safety Code
(LSC) Surveyor Reference Materials (S&C 04-29) - PDF 64KB |
#29 |
05/13/04 |
| Pilot Program for
the Pharmaceutical and Herbal Products Database-Part 2 (S&C 04-28) -
PDF 81KB |
#28 |
05/13/04 |
| Opening of New
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Web Site Resource for long
Term Care (LTC) Surveyors and Providers (S&C 04-27) - PDF 57KB |
#27 |
05/13/04 |
| Clarification of the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 for
Non-Medicare/Non-Medicaid Patients in Home Health Agencies (HHAs) (S&C
04-26) - PDF 76KB |
#26 |
04/08/04 |
| Upcoming Criminal
Background Checks Pilot (S&C 04-25) - PDF 71KB |
#25 |
04/08/04 |
| Clarifiction of
Certification Requirements and Coordination of Care for Residents of Long-Term
Care (LTC) Facilities Who Receive End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Services
(S&C 04-24) - PDF 561KB |
#24 |
03/11/04 |
| Procedures in the
Event of a Fire in a Medicare- or Medicaid-Certified Health Care Facility
(S&C 04-23) - PDF 121KB |
#23 |
03/11/04 |
| Overnight Stays in
Ambulatory Surgical Centers - Clarification Effective Immediately (S&C
04-22) - PDF 105KB |
#22 |
03/11/04 |
| Impact of Section
946 of the Medicare of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and
Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) on the Hospice Core Services Requirement
(S&C 04-21) - PDF 110KB |
#21 |
02/12/04 |
| Resource Materials
for Death Reporting in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs)
(S&C 04-20) - PDF 100KB; List of PRTFs by State within each
Region Excel Zip 28K |
#20 |
02/12/04 |
| Calendar Year 2004
Revised Release Schedule for Automated Survey Processing Environment (ASPEN)
Software (S&C 04-19) - PDF 120KB |
#19 |
02/12/04 |
| Impact of the Health
Insurance Portiability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) on the Nursing Home
Requirements for Posting Survey Results - Clarification
(S&C 04-18) - PDF 136KB |
#18 |
02/12/04 |
| Clarification on
Nursing Homes Requiring Promissory Notes or Deposit of Fees as a Condition of
Admission and Implications Related to Surety Bonds (S&C 04-17) - PDF
149KB |
#17 |
01/08/04 |
| Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments(CLIA) Policy and Data Reporting Guidance for First
Survey Cycle Following the Effective Date of CMS-2226-F (S&C 04-16) -
PDF 1.6MB; Attachment E - Excel
Zip 4KB |
#16 |
01/08/04 |
| Definitions of Terms
Used in the Life Safety Code (LSC) of the National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA) (S&C 04-15) - PDF 62KB |
#15 |
12/11/03 |
| Implementation of
Critical Access Hospital Bed Size Increase (S&C 04-14) - PDF 58KB |
#14 |
12/11/03 |
| Use of Restraints
and Seclusion in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities Providing
Inpatient Psychiatric Services to Individuals Under 21 (S&C 04-13) -
PDF 549KB |
#13 |
12/11/03 |
| The Collection and
Transmission of the Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) Data for
Private Pay Patients (non-medicare/non-Medicaid) (S&C 04-12) - PDF
83KB |
#12 |
12/11/03 |
| State Survey Agency
Performance Standards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 (S&C 04-11) - PDF
573KB |
#11 |
11/19/03 |
| Emergency Medical
Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Interim Guidance (S&C 04-10) - PDF
87KB |
#10 |
11/07/03 |
| Guidelines to
Support Management of Complaints and Incidents and the National Implementation
of the ASPEN Complaints/Incidents Tracking System (ACTS) (S&C 04-09) -
PDF 543KB |
#9 |
11/13/03 |
| Physician Delegation
of Tasks in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and Nursing Facilities (NFs)
(S&C 04-08) - PDF 68KB |
#8 |
11/13/03 |
| Minimum System
Requirements (S&C 04-07) - PDF 84KB |
#7 |
11/13/03 |
| Definition of
"Significant Difference" for Federal Oversight Support Survey (FOSS)
and Long Term Care (LTC) Comparative Surveys (S&C 04-06) - PDF
59KB |
#6 |
11/13/03 |
| Guidance On Test
Systems That Are Categorized as Either Waived or Moderate Complexity Under the
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) (S&C 04-05) -
PDF 79KB |
#5 |
11/13/03 |
| Comparative Surveys
for Fiscal Year 2004 (S&C 04-04) - PDF 105KB |
#4 |
10/09/03 |
| Input Instructions
for Comparative Surveys for FY 2004 Policy and Database Clarification (S&C
04-03) - PDF 108KB |
#3 |
10/09/03 |
| Use of Mapping to
Determine Rural Eligibility for Rural Health Clinics (S&C 04-02) - PDF
104KB |
#2 |
10/09/03 |
| Mandatory On-Line
Prerequisities for Basic Long Term Care Training (S&C 04-01) - PDF
114KB |
#1 |
10/09/03 |
|
Fiscal Year 2003
|
|
|
| Correction Policy
for Home Health Agency (HHA) Administrative Data on the Home Health Compare Web
Site (S&C 03-33) - PDF 106KB |
#33 |
09/11/03 |
| Pilot Program for
Surveyor Technical Assistant for Renal Disease (STAR) (S&C 03-32) - PDF
114KB |
#32 |
08/14/03 |
| Transfer of Data
from the ASPEN Complaints/Incident Tracking System (ACTS) to State Systems -
Decision (S&C 03-31) - PDF 121KB |
#31 |
08/14/03 |
| Clinical Laboratory
Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Policy Letters for First Survey Cycle Following
the Effective Date of CMS-2226-F (S&C 03-30) - PDF 149KB |
#30 |
08/14/03 |
| Discontinuance of
Forms HCFA-1513, "Ownership and Control Interest Disclosure
Statement" and HCFA-2572, "Statement of Financial Solvency"
(S&C 03-29) - PDF 98KB |
#29 |
08/14/03 |
| Automation of
Surveyor Minimum Qualifications Test (SMTQ)and Clarification of Survey
Activities (S&C 03-28) - PDF 133KB |
#28 |
07/10/03 |
| State Survey Agency
Performance Standards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 (S&C 03-27) - PDF
1.2MB |
#27 |
07/10/03 |
| Impact of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) on the Nursing Home
Requirement for Posting Survey Results (S&C 03-26) - PDF 94KB |
#26 |
06/12/03 |
| Clarification of
Issues Related to Informal Dispute Resolution (S&C 03-25) - PDF
96KB |
#25 |
06/12/03 |
| Long Term Care
Medication Pass Survey Requirement Clarification (S&C 03-24) - PDF
105KB |
#24 |
06/12/03 |
| Clarification of
Designation of "Distinct Part" in the State Operations Manual (Pub.
7) (S&C 03-23) - PDF 88KB |
#23 |
06/12/03 |
| Clarification of CMS
Payment Policies Regarding Ambulatory Surgical Centers/Independent Diagnostic
Testing Facilities Conducting Business From the Same Location (S&C
03-22) - PDF 92KB |
#22 |
06/12/03 |
| Adoption of New Fire
Safety Requirements for RNHCIs, ASCs, Hospice, PACE, Hospitals, Long Term Care,
ICFs/MR, and CAHs (S&C 03-21) - PDF 283KB |
#21 |
05/08/03 |
| Medicare
Identification Number Assignment for End Stage Renal Dialysis (ESRD) Facilities
(S&C 03-20) - PDF 112KB |
#20 |
05/08/03 |
| Policy for Interim
Period Between the Effective Date of CMS-226-F and Publication of Surveyor
Guidelines (S&C 03-19) - PDF 1.2MB |
#19 |
05/08/03 |
| Personnel Provisions
of the Critical Access Hospital Emergency Services Requirement for Frontier
Areas and Remote Locations (S&C 03-17) - PDF 246KB |
#17 |
04/10/03 |
| Interim Guidance for
the Hospital Quality Assesment and Performance Improvement Condition of
Participation (S&C 03-16) - PDF 112KB |
#16 |
04/10/03 |
| Review of Protected
Health Information and Applicability of Business Associate Agreements Under the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for the Purposes of
Survey and Certification (S&C 03-15) - PDF 110KB |
#15 |
03/14/03 |
Clarification of
Instructions for form CMS-671, Long Term Care Facility Application for Medicare
and Medicaid (S&C 03-14) - PDF 48KB
Attachment - PDF 572KB |
#14 |
02/13/03 |
| Home Health Survey
Protocol Enhancements (S&C 03-13) - PDF 993KB |
#13 |
02/13/03 |
| Coordinated Survey
Approach For Critical Access Hospitals Having Multiple Affiliated Providers -
(S&C 03-12) - PDF 58KB |
#12 |
02/13/03 |
| BIPA 941 Nursing
Home Requirement Effective January 1, 2003; Follow-up to S&C-03-03
Memorandum of October 10, 2002 - ACTION (S&C 03-11) -
PDF 100KB |
#11 |
01/09/03 |
| Binding Arbitration
in Nursing Homes (S&C 03-10) - PDF 101KB |
#10 |
01/09/03 |
| Revised Resident
Assessment Instrument User's Manual Release Effective January 1, 2003
(S&C 03-09) - PDF 82KB |
#9 |
01/09/03 |
| Information Exchange
by Surveyors During the Nursing Home Survey Process (S&C 03-08) - PDF
45KB |
#8 |
12/12/02 |
CLIA State Agency
Performance Review (SAPR) - Introductory Version for Fiscal Year 2003 (S&C
03-07) - PDF 220KB
Excel Spreadsheet Attachment (sc0307.zip) 14KB |
#7 |
12/12/02 |
| Conversion of
Surveyor Minimum Qualifications Test (SMQT) from a Two-Day Test to a One-Day
Test (S&C 03-06) - PDF 43KB |
#6 |
12/12/02 |
| Fiscal Year (FY)
2003 Training Requirements for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Home Health
Agency (HHA), Hospice and Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded
(ICF/MR) Surveyors (S&C 03-05) - PDF 111KB |
#5 |
11/14/02 |
| Interim Guidance to
Support National Pilot of the ASPEN Complaints/Incidents Tracking System (ACTS)
(S&C 03-04) - PDF 130KB |
#4 |
11/8/02 |
| BIPA 941 Nursing
Home Requirement Effective January 1, 2003 (S&C 03-03) - PDF 112KB |
#3 |
10/10/02 |
| Change in
Requirement for Signed Physician's Order for Flu and Pneumonia Vaccine
(S&C 03-02) - PDF 86KB |
#2 |
10/10/02 |
| Policy and
Procedures for Conducting the Federal Comparative Survey, FY 2003 (S&C
03-01) - PDF 236KB |
#1 |
10/10/02 |
|
Fiscal Year 2002
|
|
|
| Comparative Surveys
for Fiscal Year 2003 (S&C 02-45) - PDF 29KB |
#45 |
09/12/02 |
| Impact of Nursing
Shortage on Hospice Care (S&C 02-44) - PDF 34KB |
#44 |
09/12/02 |
| Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) Revised Recommendations for Single-Use Intravenous
Medication Vials in End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities (S&C
02-43) - PDF 115KB |
#43 |
09/12/02 |
| Use of Civil Money
Penalty (CMP) Funds by States (S&C 02-42) - PDF 99KB |
#42 |
08/08/02 |
| Proposed Changes to
the Outcome and Assesement Information Set (OASIS) (S&C 02-41) - PDF
163KB |
#41 |
08/08/02 |
| Fiscal Year (FY)
2003 State Survey and Certification Budget Call Letter (S&C 02-40) -
PDF 715KB |
#40 |
07/02/02 |
| Nursing Home That
Has No Arrangement to Provide Dialysis Services To Its Residents (S&C
02-39) - PDF 97KB |
#39 |
08/08/02 |
| Final Guidance
Package for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1998 Federal
Monitoring Survey Process (S&C 02-38) - PDF 231KB |
#38 |
08/08/02 |
| Assigning Provider
Identification Numbers to Home Health Agency Branches (S&C 02-37) - PDF
125KB |
#37 |
08/08/02 |
| Privacy of Medical
Record Information in Rural Health Clinics (S&C 02-36) - PDF 85KB |
#36 |
08/08/02 |
| Simultaneously
On-Call (S&C 02-35) - PDF 96KB |
#35 |
06/13/02 |
| On-Call
Requirements-EMTALA (S&C 02-34) - PDF 228KB |
#34 |
06/13/02 |
| Interim Guidance to
Support Information of the ASPEN Complaints/Incidents Tracking System (ACTS)
(S&C 02-33) - PDF 108KB |
#33 |
06/06/02 |
| Resident Assessment
Instrument Coordinator Responsibilities in Minimum Data Training of Swing Bed
Hospital Staff (S&C 02-32) - PDF 1,560KB |
#32 |
06/06/02 |
| Mandatory Viewing of
Satellite and Webcast Training Program (S&C 02-31) - PDF 99KB |
#31 |
05/10/02 |
| Requests for Home
Health Agency Branch Office Approval and the Use of a Reciprocal Agreement
(S&C 02-30) - PDF 182KB |
#30 |
05/10/02 |
| Promising Practices
for Implementing the Medicare Hospice Benefit for Nursing Home (NH) Resident
(S&C 02-29) - PDF 127KB |
#29 |
05/10/02 |
| State Agency
Performance Standards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 - Revised (S&C 02-28) -
PDF 234KB |
#28 |
04/29/02 |
| Update to Data
Posted on Nursing Home Compare Website (S&C 02-27) - PDF 171KB |
#27 |
04/29/02 |
| Intermediate Care
Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation (ICFs/MR) Form-3070G Revisions -
Action (S&C 02-26) PDF 161KB |
#26 |
04/29/02 |
| Onsite Versus Paper
Revisits - Applicability to May 3, 2001 Revisit Policy (S&C 02-25)
|
#25 |
04/29/02 |
| Clarification of
Memo S&C-02-19 - Recalled Sprinkler Heads - Action (S&C 02-24)
|
#24 |
04/29/02 |
| Voluntary
Termination of a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) or Nursing Facility (NF)
(S&C 02-23) |
#23 |
04/29/02 |
| Initiating On-Site
Visits To Facilities Enrolled In the CLIA Program That Have a Certificate of
Waiver Certificates - Revised (S&C 02-22) - PDF
232KB |
#22 |
04/01/02 |
| Resolving
Disagreements Resulting from Federal Oversight and Support Surveys (S&C
02-21) - PDF 217KB |
#21 |
03/25/02 |
| Review of Time
Frames for Reporting Abuse; Reporting Abuse to Law Enforcement; Displaying
Complaint Telephone Numbers; and Clarification on Defining and Citing Abuse
(S&C 02-20) |
#20 |
03/28/02 |
| Recalled Sprinkler
Heads (S&C 02-19) |
#19 |
03/08/02 |
| Intermediate Care
Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation (ICFs/MR) Form 3070G Revisions
(S&C 02-18) - PDF 117KB |
#18 |
02/06/02 |
| Completion of
Minimum Data Set (MDS) in Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) (S&C 02-17)
|
#17 |
02/01/02 |
| Clarification of CMS
Policies Regarding Ambulatory Surgical Centers-Effective Immediately (S&C
02-16) |
#16 |
02/01/02 |
| Clarification of
Hospital Admission and Presurgical History and Physical Examination (H&P)
Requirements (S&C 02-15) |
#15 |
01/28/02 |
| Certification of
False Labor - EMTALA (S&C 02-14) |
#14 |
01/16/02 |
| Services Provided by
Home Health Agencies (HHAs) (S&C 02-13) - PDF 82KB |
#13 |
01/07/02 |
| Implementation of
Outcome-Based Quality Improvement (OBQI) Reports (S&C 02-12) - PDF
200KB |
#12 |
01/09/02 |
| Nursing Home
Off-Hour Data Indicator in OSCAR (S&C 02-11) - PDF 110KB |
#11 |
12/20/01 |
| Comparative Surveys
for Fiscal Year 2002 (S&C 02-10) - PDF 99KB |
#10 |
12/20/01 |
| Discontinuance of
Contract with Integriguard (Division of California Medical Review Inc.) to
visit Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) after January 15, 2002 (S&C
02-09) - PDF 109KB |
#9 |
12/20/01 |
| Intermediate Care
Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation (ICF/MR) Federal Monitoring and
Oversight Survey Data (S&C 02-08) - PDF 484KB |
#8 |
12/21/01 |
| Hospital
Capacity-EMTALA (S&C 02-06) |
#6 |
11/29/01 |
| Alert and Action:
End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Dialyzer Recall by Baxter (S&C 02-05) -
PDF 189KB |
#5 |
11/14/01 |
| Question and Answer
Relating to Bioterrorism and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
(EMTALA) (S&C 02-04) |
#4 |
11/08/01 |
| Training Request for
CMS's Nutrition/Hydration Awareness Campaign (S&C 02-03) |
#3 |
10/30/01 |
| Outcome and
Assessment Information Set (OASIS) Requirements in New Home Health Agencies
(HHAs) Seeking Medicare Certification Including HHAs Seeking Deemed Status
Through an Approved Accrediting Organization (AO) (S&C 02-02) - PDF
771KB |
#2 |
10/16/01 |
| Abuse and Neglect
Detection and Prevention Training (S&C 02-01) |
#1 |
10/10/01 |
|
|
|
|
