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CMS is committed to
taking critical steps to ensure America's health carefacilities
continue to be prepared in response to the threat of the
2019Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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CMS is revising guidance on the expansion of survey activities to
authorizeonsite revisits and other survey types.
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CMS is providing guidance to State Survey Agencies (SAs) on
resolvingenforcement cases: CMS is providing guidance on resolving
enforcement casesthat were previously directed to be held, and
providing guidance on Civil MoneyPenalty (CMP)
collection.
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Expanded Desk Review Authority: CMS is temporarily expanding the
deskreview policy to include review of continuing noncompliance
following removalof Immediate Jeopardy (IJ), which would otherwise
have required an onsite revisitfrom March 23, 2020, through May 31,
2020.
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CMS is also issuing updated guidance for the
re-prioritization of
routine SAClinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) survey
activities, subjectto the SA's discretion, in addition to lifting
the restriction on processing CLIAenforcement actions, and issuing
the Statement of Deficiencies and Plan ofCorrection (Form
CMS-2567).