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Ex. FED-166 Order Primary source read

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)

QSO-20-35-ALL

CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group · United States (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States
Level
Federal
Authority
Survey and certification authority
Issued
2020-08-17 Aug. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-08-17
End
expired May 1, 2023 (read as 2023-05-01)
In force
Aug. 17, 2020 to May 1, 2023
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • State Survey Agencies; all certified providers and CLIA laboratories
Functions reached
  • CT/HR survey and enforcement functions of certified providers (documents the March 23 - May 31, 2020 hold on onsite revisits and enforcement cases)
Collection
Federal health, safety and transport layer FED-A

Operative words

CMS is revising guidance on the expansion of survey activities to authorize onsite revisits and other survey types. CMS is providing guidance to State Survey Agencies (SAs) on resolving enforcement cases: CMS is providing guidance on resolving enforcement cases that were previously directed to be held, and providing guidance on Civil Money Penalty (CMP) collection. Expanded Desk Review Authority: CMS is temporarily expanding the desk review policy to include review of continuing noncompliance following removal of Immediate Jeopardy (IJ), which would otherwise have required an onsite revisit from March 23, 2020, through May 31, 2020.

Enforcement

Governs survey and enforcement operations

Notes

Confirms from CMS itself that onsite revisits and enforcement cases were held from March 23 through May 31, 2020.

Retrieval note

File name carries 2020-06-01 from the fetch manifest; the memo's original posting date is August 17, 2020 (header read). Cite as Aug. 17, 2020.