Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: January 10, 2020
All fee-for-service (FFS) facilities
Check out our Quality in Focus (QIF) interactive 10-15 minute videos tailored to provider types, which aim to reduce the deficiencies most commonly cited during the CMS survey process, like infection control and accident prevention.
See the Quality, Safety, & Education Portal Training Catalog, and select Quality in Focus
Hospitals & inpatient facilities
Acute care, Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs), & Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (IRFs)
- Hospital Open Door Forums
- CAH center
- Hospital center
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Prospective Payment System fact sheet (PDF)
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility documentation requirements (PDF)
Outpatient facilities
Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs), Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CORFs), Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Rural Emergency Hospitals (REHs), & Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)
Long-term care facilities & Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)
- Nursing Home Resource Center
- Skilled nursing facility/long term care Open Door Forum
- American Indian/Alaska Native long term care resources
- SNF center
Durable medical equipment suppliers (DMEs)
- Pharmaceutical, pharmacy, & device manufacturers Open Door Forums
- Durable medical equipment, prosthetics, & orthotics (DMEPOS) toolkit
- DME center
- Home health, hospice, & durable medical equipment Open Door Forum
Home Health Agencies (HHAs)
Hospices
Clinical labs
Ambulances
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