Civil Penalties by Department of Labor
Civil penalties levied by the Department of Labor (DOL), including those for the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) and the Occupational Safety and Health...
HCSF Bulletin – Tail Coverage and Change of Ownership
Earlier this month, the Health Care Stabilization Fund (HCSF) posted a bulletin regarding tail coverage and change of ownership for health care providers. Any...
Region VII LTC Provider Association Meeting Held in Kansas City
The CMS' Region VII office, and Midwest division leadership held a LTC Provider Association Meeting on December 14-15, 2017 in the Kansas City CMS...
New Resource: Summary of CMS Revisions to Appendix PP
Just as the Phase 2 Requirements of Participation for care centers took effect, CMS issued its final version of the State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix...
CDM Deficiencies
When we were out on roundtables a couple of weeks ago, members in some locations told us about difficulty training, finding and keeping Certified...
Annual Fire Door Inspection Must be Completed by January 1, 2018
This is a reminder for health care and long term care providers that full compliance with the annual fire door assembly inspection and testing...
OSHA Record Keeping Update
According to the OSHA Trade Release, "OSHA will continue accepting 2016 OSHA Form 300A data through the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) until midnight on December 31,...
CMS Fire Door Requirements
CMS released a Q&A on fire door requirements.
Q: S&C Letter 17-38-LSC lays out the requirements for Fire & Smoke Door Annual Testing Requirements. In...
Power Strip Requirements in Resident Rooms
In an effort to answer the many questions received on the use of power strips in resident rooms, CMS put together a short (and...
Fire Safety Plan Tips from CMS
With all the scrutiny on emergency preparedness, take a fresh look at your fire plan. Do you have one complete plan or do you...
New Medicare Card Webinars
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Kansas City Regional Office invites you to attend the New Medicare Card Webinars. Recent legislation requires CMS...
CMS Region 7 Update Newsletter Available for December
The December issue of the CMS Region 7 Update newsletter is now available. Check out the latest issue for all the latest news and...