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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
Update of State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 5, Triaging Complaints & Referral of Complainants to Accrediting Organizations Memorandum Summary Triaging and Referring Complaints: ...  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Survey and Cert Memo 14-36 Reviswed 10-28-2016  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Advance Guidance - Revisions to State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix PP- Guidance to Surveyors for Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Chapter 4  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Rehabilitation Agencies: Fire Alarm Systems, SOM Appendix E Revision - Advance Copy  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Approval of The Compliance Team’s (TCT’s) Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Accreditation Program  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)-C1/International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 Webinar: September 3, 2014  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Equipment Maintenance Requirements  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Release of Learning Tool on Building Respect for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Older Adults  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Completion of Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Discharge Assessments for Resident Transfers from a Medicare- and/or Medicaid-Certified Bed to a Non-  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
Change in Terminology and Update of Survey and Certification (S&C) Memorandum 09-55 Regarding Immediate Use Steam Sterilization (IUSS) in  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Final
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