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