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HHS Guidance Portal

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
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services National Background Check Program Long Term Care Criminal Convictions Work Group  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Report of the National Background Check Program (NBCP) Long-Term Care (LTC) Criminal Convictions Work Group  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Relative Humidity (RH): Waiver of Life Safety Code (LSC) Anesthetizing Location Requirements; Discussion of Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Operating Room Requirements  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Clarification of the Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Criteria for Rural Location and Mountainous Terrain Distance Standard  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Update of State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 5, Complaint Investigation  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) –Nomenclature Change (Qualified Intellectual Disabilities Professional (QIDP)  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Delayed Publication of Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (SRTR) Program Specific Reports (PSR) and Implications for Centers for Medicare &  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Utilizing the US Bureau of the Census’ (Census Bureau) American FactFinder 2010 Census Data for Rural Area Location Determinations - Hospital Swing Beds  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Cost Allocations for Surveys of Home Health Agencies (HHAs)  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Revision to State Operations Manual (SOM), Hospital Appendix A - Interpretive Guidelines for 42 CFR 482.43, Discharge Planning  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
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