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The Guidance Portal is a public website that shows current guidance documents from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its Divisions.

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HHS Guidance Documents
Title OpDiv/StaffDiv Guidance Status Issue Date
Impact of Submission Issues with the Minimum Submission and Processing (ASAP) System on t Processes Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Assessment  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Survey and Certification of Chemical Toxicity Public Health Laboratories (CT PHL’s) under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Memorandum Summary • Certificates: To facilitate preparedness in the event of a chemical terrorism act, all  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
FY 2011 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Rule Changes Affecting Survey and Certification Memorandum Summary • FY 2011 IPPS Rule Adopted The final IPPS rule revised several regulations affecting or  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Hospital and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Facility Life Safety Code (LSC) Occupancy Classification Update  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Clarifications to the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Interpretive Guidelines - Comprehensive Medical History & Physical (H&P) Assessment Memorandum Summary • Comprehensive H&P and Surgery may be performed on same day: As long as the H&P  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Interior Finish Documentation Requirements for Multiple Providers - Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgical Centers, Nursing Homes, Religious Non-Medical Health Care Institutions, Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Facilities, Critical ...  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amend Applicability for Laboratory Testing Associa Organs ments of 1988 (CLIA)—CLIA  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Approval of Deeming Authority of Det Norske Veritas Healthcare (DNVHC) for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) Memorandum Summary Accreditation Organization (AO) Deeming Approval for Critical Access Hospitals:  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Revised Hospital Anesthesia Services Interpretive Guidelines—State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix A Memorandum Summary Revisions to Recently Updated Interpretive Guidelines for Anesthesia Services: The  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Revised Home Health Survey Protocols Memorandum Summary • Revision of Home Health Agency Survey Protocols: The Centers for Medicare &  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
This Guidance Portal contains 8075 documents.