Focused Infection Control
CMS Updates COVID-19 Guidance for Surveys, Visitation and Testing

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revised the COVID-19 Focused Infection Control (FIC) Survey Tool and visitation restrictions for acute and continuing care (ACC) facilities through a revised QSO-21-08-NLTC memo. This memo supersedes the instructions in QSO-20-16-Hospice and QSO-20-18-HHA. State survey agencies (SA) and accrediting organizations (AO) have returned to the existing standard […]
Read MoreCMS Rescinds Focused Infection Control Survey and Visitor Restrictions for Home Health and Hospice Providers

In January 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a revised COVID-19 Focused Infection Control Survey for Acute and Continuing Care (ACC) for providers which included home health and hospice. This was the focused survey tool that surveyors would use for hospice and home health agency providers for any type of survey […]
Read MoreCMS Rescinds Focused Infection Control Survey and Visitor Restrictions for Home Health and Hospice Providers

In January 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a revised COVID-19 Focused Infection Control Survey for Acute and Continuing Care (ACC) for providers which included home health and hospice. This was the focused survey tool that surveyors would use for hospice and home health agency providers for any type of survey […]
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