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)

The record

Jurisdiction

United States (all Medicare/Medicaid certified providers and suppliers; CLIA laboratories)

Level

Federal

Authority

Survey and certification authority; Social Security Act § 1135 (recited)

Issued

2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020

Effective

2020-03-23 (original posting date March 20, 2020) (read as 2020-03-23)

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) (read as 2023-05-01)

In force

Mar. 23, 2020 to May 1, 2023

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersCourts and public offices

Addressees

• State Survey Agencies; every certified nursing home, hospital, home health agency, hospice, dialysis facility, ICF/IID and laboratory

Functions reached

• 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)

Collection

Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A

Operative words

On Friday, March 13, 2020, the President declared a national emergency, which triggers the Secretary's 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

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