{"id":"FED-099","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (all Medicare/Medicaid certified providers and suppliers; CLIA laboratories)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"CMS, Quality, Safety \u0026 Oversight Group","authority":"Survey and certification authority; Social Security Act § 1135 (recited)","instrument":"CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020)","title":"QSO-20-20-ALL, Prioritization of Survey Activities","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-23 (original posting date March 20, 2020)","end":"expired May 1, 2023 (survey posture progressively restored from June 1, 2020 by QSO-20-31-All, FED-165, and QSO-20-35-ALL, FED-166)","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2023-05-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","CRT"],"addressees":["State Survey Agencies; every certified nursing home, hospital, home health agency, hospice, dialysis facility, ICF/IID and laboratory"],"clause":"On Friday, March 13, 2020, the President declared a national emergency, which triggers the Secretary\u0027s ability to authorize waivers or modifications of certain requirements pursuant to section 1135 of the Social Security Act (the Act). [CMS suspends standard surveys and prioritizes survey activity to immediate jeopardy complaints, infection control surveys and other listed categories for a three-week period, then as extended.]","enforcement":"Governs State Survey Agency operations (federal survey and certification)","functions":["CT/HR licensure, certification and survey functions of every certified provider (initial certifications, changes of ownership and revisits delayed)","IC (focused infection control surveys imposed)"],"notes":"The federal \u0027court and clerk closure\u0027 of health care: routine certification surveys stopped nationwide from March 20, 2020; focused infection-control surveys replaced them; providers seeking initial certification, changes of ownership or revisits waited.","sourceUrl":"https://www.cms.gov/files/document/qso-20-20-all.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":616113,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FED-A","url":"/library/FED-099","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FED-099","citation":"CMS, Quality, Safety \u0026 Oversight Group, CMS QSO-20-12-All (Mar. 4, 2020), QSO-20-20-All (Mar. 23, 2020), QSO-20-31-All (June 1, 2020), QSO-20-35-ALL (Aug. 17, 2020) (Ex. FED-099)","stateName":"","related":["FED-165","FED-166","FED-164","DUT-FED-060","FED-001","FED-097","FED-098","FED-161","FED-157"]}