Resumption of Standard Survey Work

 

To: All Facilities The Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division has released a memo informing all health facility types of return to routine health facility inspections. Specifically, the following criteria and prioritizations have been identified for Long-Term Care and Non-Long Term Care providers. For the Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Division, the following prioritization applies for federal certification, state licensing and state certification workload: Long Term-Care: Continue to conduct the federal infection control surveys as required in memo QSO 20-31- All Onsite revisits as specified in the revisit policy in the State Operations Manual (SOM), Chapter 7, Section 7317.2, for surveys with end dates on, or after June 1, 2020; Complaint investigations that are triaged as Non-Immediate Jeopardy High; Initial certification surveys of new providers and; Annual recertification surveys required to be conducted within 15 months from a provider’s last recertification survey Non-Long Term Care (including state licensed and state certification workload): Continue to conduct the federal infection control surveys as required in memo QSO 20-31- All Revisit surveys for past non-compliance that do not otherwise qualify for a desk review; Complaint surveys triaged as non-IJ level or higher that have not been completed; Special Purpose Renal Dialysis Facilities (SPRDFs); Initial surveys of new providers (licensed and certified); Past-due recertification surveys with a statutorily required survey interval; Past-due recertification surveys without a statutorily required survey interval; Past-due licensure and state certified surveys with a statutorily required survey interval; and Past-due recertification surveys without a statutorily required survey interval Any questions or comments regarding the resumption of standard workload inspections can be directed to the respective survey program via the general division line at 303.692.2836. To read the full memo, click here.