QSO (Quality Safety and Oversight Group) formerly S&C (Survey & Certification) Memos

 

• 7-6-18 Revised Requirements to Reduce Legionella Risk in Healthcare Facility Water Systems to Prevent Cases and Outbreaks   QSO-17-30-NHs
• 6-15-18 Final Revised Policies Regarding the Immediate Imposition of Federal Remedies   QSO 18-18-NH
• 12-22-17 An Initiative to Address Facility Initiated Discharges that Violate Federal Regulations    S&C 18-08-NH
• 11-24-17 Temporary Enforcement Delays for Certain Phase 2 F-Tags and Changes to Nursing Home Compare   S&C 18-04-NH
• 11-24-17 Preparation for Launch of New Long Term Care Survey Process (LTCSP)   S&C 18-05-NH
• 10-27-17 (DRAFT) Revised Policies regarding the Immediate Imposition of Federal Remedies- FOR  ACTION   S&C 18-01-NH
• 9-25-17 Electronic Staffing Submission - Public Use File   S&C: 17-45-NH  
• 9-8-17 Revision of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities:  Filling Saline Syringes at the Patient Treatment Station  S&C 17-31-ESRD
• 7-7-17 Revision of Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Policies and CMP Analytic Tool S&C: 17-37-NH
• 6-30-17 Revision to State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix PP for Phase 2, F-Tag Revisions, and Related Issues   S&C: 17-36-NH
• 6-2-17 Advanced Copy- Appendix Z, Emergency Preparedness Final Rule Interpretive Guidelines and Survey Procedures    S&C: 17-29-ALL
• 6-2-17 Requirement to Reduce Legionella Risk in Healthcare Facility Water Systems to Prevent Cases and Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ Disease (LD)  S&C: 17-30-ALL
• 5-12-17 Implementation Issues, LTC Regulatory Changes: Substandard Quality of Care and Clarification of Notice before Transfer or Discharge Requirements    S&C: 17-27-NH
• 3-24-17 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    S&C: 17-21-ALL
• 12-9-16 Long-Term Care (LTC) Regulation: Enforcement of Rule Prohibiting Use of PreDispute Binding Arbitration Agreements is Suspended so Long as Court Ordered Injunction Remains in Effect   S&C: 17-12-NH
• 10-9-16 Advance Copy - Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PPRevised Regulations and Tags   S&C: 17-07 NH
• 10-4-16 Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Minimum Data Set (MDS) Focused Survey Summary  S&C: 17-06 NH
• 9-2-16 Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Clearance  S&C: 16-37-ALL
• 8-5-16 Protecting Resident Privacy and Prohibiting Mental Abuse Related to Photographs and Audio/Video Recordings by Nursing Home Staff  S&C:16-33-NH
• 7-22-16 Mandatory Immediate Imposition of Federal Remedies and Assessment Factors Used to Determine the Seriousness of Deficiencies for Nursing Homes  S&C: 16-31-NH
• 5-6-16 Notification of Final Rule Published: Adoption of 2012 Life Safety and Health Care Facilities Code S&C: 16-22-LSC
• 5-3-16 Guidance to Surveyors on Federal Requirements for Providing Services to Justice Involved Individuals S&C: 16-21-ALL

• 3-25-16 SOM Surveyor Guidance Revisions Related to Psychosocial Harm in Nursing Homes S&C: 16-15-NH

• 3-11-16 Exit Conferences - Sharing Specific Regulatory Reference or Tags S&C: 16-11-ALL

• 1-23-15 Revised Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in Nursing Homes S&C: 14-01-NH

• 12-19-14 Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Analytic Toll and Submission of CMP Tool Cases  S&C:15-16-NH

• 9-26-14 Categorical Waiver for Power Strips Use in Patient Care Areas

• 8-25-14 Completion of MDS 3.0 Discharge Assessments for Resident Transfers from a Medicare- and/or Medicaid-Certified Bed to a Non-Certified Bed

• 7-3-14 Advance Guidance - Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PP- Guidance to Surveyors for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Chapter 4 S&C-14-37-NH

• 5-30-14 Infection Control Breaches Which Warrant Referral to Public Health Authorities S&C-14-36-ALL

• 5-20-14 Advance Copy of Revised F371; Interpretive guidance and Procedures for Sanitary Conditions, Preparation of Eggs in Nursing Homes  S&C-14-34-NH

• 5-16-14 Information for Applications to Extend the Due Date for the Installation of Automatic Sprinkler Systems in Existing Nursing Homes  S&C-14-29-LSC

• 5-16-14 Grant Solicitation for the Reinvestment of Federal Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Funds to Benefit Nursing Home Residents
• 2-28-14 Emergency Preparedness Initiative: Checklist Revision  S&C-14-12-ALL
• 10-1-13 Cardopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in NHs S&C-14-01-NH
• 8-30-13 2000 Edition NFPA 101 Life Safety Code (LSC) Waivers S&C-13-58-LSC
• 8-13-13 Deadline-Installation of Automatic Sprinkler Systems in Nursing Homes S&C-13-55-LSC
• 5-24-13 Dementia Care in NHs: Clarification to Appendix P&PP S&C-13-35-NH