QSO-21-13-Hospitals - Hospital Survey Priorities

 

To: Hospital Stakeholder From: HFEMSD The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (PHE) presents a unique challenge for hospitals serving their communities. As the PHE continues, some hospitals are experiencing an unprecedented surge of patients, stressing staffing, equipment, and supplies. To ensure quality of care oversight, while providing hospitals the ability to focus on serving their patients and communities, CMS is issuing the following hospital survey limitations in effect for thirty (30) days from the date of this issuance (with potential for 30-day renewals following additional notice): Hospital Complaint Surveys will be restricted to Immediate Jeopardy complaint allegations. Hospital Recertification Surveys will be suspended, except for a subset of Hospital reaccreditation surveys, per additional guidance that will be forthcoming. Hospital Enforcement Actions for deficiencies that do not represent Immediate Jeopardy will have their termination date extended for at least 30 days. Please see attached memo for full details. For any further questions: Please reach out to Erica Brudjar @ Erica.brudjar@state.co.us Medicare Memo QSO-21-13