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CMS maintains oversight of the survey and certification of nursing homes and continuing care providers (including hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies (HHAs), end-stage renal disease (ESRD) facilities, hospices, and other facilities serving Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries), and makes available to beneficiaries, providers/suppliers, researchers and State surveyors information about these activities.

• General Information--Includes Updates, Overview of S&C, Accreditation/Deeming, Quality of Care, Public Statements and Contact information.
  
  
• Background Checks Program
  
  
• Beneficiaries--Includes Medicare/Medicaid Overviews, Quality Care Reports, Fraud and Abuse (Medicare), Abuse and Neglect (Medicaid), and Contact Information.
  
  
• State Agencies & Regional Offices--Includes State Survey Agency Directory, and State Performance Standards.
  
  
• Surveyors--Includes Learning Resources, Forms, and other Surveyor specific information.
  
  
• Researchers--Includes Survey & Certification research data and materials.
  
  
• Providers/Suppliers--Contains general provider resources and specific information for Nursing Homes, Hospices, Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Mental Retardation (ICF/MR), Home Health Agencies, Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs), End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities (ESRDs), Psychiatric Hospitals, Rehabilitation Services, Acute Care Providers/Suppliers, Critical Access Hospitals.
  
  
• Clinical Labs--Visit the CLIA Program section of CMS.gov. CMS regulates all laboratory testing (except research) performed on humans in the U.S. through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA).
  
  
• Survey & Certification Letters
  
  
• Sharing Inovations In Quality (SIQ)