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Updates to Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Reinvestment Resource Memo QSO-19-19-NH

Guidance for SandC-08-23, issued May 30, 2008, updated Section 5140 of the SOM, concerning handling of hospital reports of deaths associated with the use of restraint or seclusion. Sections 5140.3 and 5140.4 are being revised further to streamline the process for disclosing restraint/seclusion death report data to Protection and Advocacy organizations (P and As).

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Final

Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: September 04, 2019

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