REVISED:  Guidance for the Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)

 

Greetings,                

                                                                                      

Please see subject memorandum. 

 

Memo Number	Memo Name	Contact or Reference	Memo Posting
QSO-25-23-ALL	REVISED:  Guidance for the Expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)	For questions related to this memorandum, please visit the CMS 1135 Waiver website to submit an inquiry.	https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-safety-standards/quality-safety-oversight-general-information/policy-memos/policy-memos-states-and-cms-locations/revised-guidance-expiration-covid-19-public-health-emergency-phe

 

  

Previously issued memos:

 

• QSO Memos are posted on the S&C website: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-safety-standards/quality-safety-oversight-general-information/policy-memos-states-and-cms-locations

 

• Admin Info memos are posted on the S&C website: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-safety-standards/quality-safety-oversight-general-information/administrative-information-memos-states-and-regions

 

• Quality and Safety Special Alerts memos are posted on the S&C website: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-safety-standards/quality-safety-oversight-general-information/quality-and-safety-special-alerts

 

 

Resources to Improve Quality of Care:

Check out CMS’s new Quality in Focus interactive video series.  The series of 10–15 minute videos are tailored to provider types and aim to reduce the deficiencies most commonly cited during the CMS survey process, like infection control and accident prevention.  Reducing these common deficiencies increases the quality of care for people with Medicare and Medicaid.

Learn to:

 

• Understand surveyor evaluation criteria
• Recognize deficiencies
• Incorporate solutions into your facility’s standards of care

 

See the Quality, Safety, & Education Portal Training Catalog, and select Quality in Focus.