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QSO-20-20-All

Prioritization of Survey Activities

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services · United States (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Social Security Act 1864; 42 C.F.R. part 488 (survey)
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23
End
Revised Aug. 17, 2020 (QSO-20-35-All), Jan. 4, 2021, Mar. 10, 2021; expired May 1, 2023 (read as 2020-08-17)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to Aug. 17, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Workplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • State Survey Agency Directors
  • all certified providers
Functions reached
  • IC focused infection control surveys
  • OF
  • RS
  • HR
Collection
Home Care, Nursing and Senior Living SEC-04

Operative words

CMS is prioritizing and suspending certain Federal and State Survey Agency (SA) surveys... Only the following types of federal surveys will be prioritized and conducted: Complaint/facility-reported incident surveys... at the Immediate Jeopardy level; Targeted Infection Control Surveys... Self-assessments... [using the] COVID-19 Focused Survey for Nursing Homes.

Enforcement

Survey and enforcement under part 488

Notes

Original text via Wayback raw capture of Mar. 24, 2020.

Retrieval note

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