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IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ: Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Requirements for Hospital
Medical Staff Privileging (exit DHS; PDF, 69 KB),
S&C Letter 05-04, November 12, 2004
- The hospital’s Governing Body must ensure that all practitioners
who provide a medical level of care and/or conduct surgical procedures
in the hospital are individually evaluated by its Medical Staff and
that those practitioners possess current qualifications and
demonstrated competencies for the privileges granted.
Client Rights and Grievance
Procedure brochures (PDE 195A) for psychiatric hospital patients via Wisconsin
Client Rights and Grievance Procedure
EMTALA Final Rule November 10, 2003 - S&C
Letter 04-10, EMTALA Interim Guidance (exit DHS;
PDF)
Lists of
Wisconsin Hospitals, via Health
Care Facility Directories
Final Rule (Federal Register, 1/24/03): Hospital
Conditions of Participation - Quality Assessment and Performance
Improvement (PDF, 128 KB)
IMPORTANT, please read
- Adoption of New Fire Safety
Requirements (exit DHS; PDF) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) S&C Letter 03-21 and Federal Register Amended Fire Safety Standards,
Final Rule (PDF, 96 KB)
CMS Survey
& Certification Letter S&C 03-16 ( exit DHS; PDF): "Interim Guidance for the Hospital Quality Assessment and Performance
Improvement Condition of Participation"
CMS Survey
& Certification Letter S&C 03-15 ( exit DHS; PDF):
-
"Review of Protected
Health Information and Applicability of Business Associate Agreements under
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for the
Purposes of Survey and Certification"
-
Concerns sharing private health
care information with state agencies
Recalled
Sprinkler Heads,(exit DHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Program Letter
(see also BQA
memo 01-034)
Question
and Answer (exit DHS) Relating to Bioterrorism and the Emergency Medical Treatment
and Labor Act (EMTALA)
Wisconsin
Public Health Preparedness, Response for Bioterrorism
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Last Updated: October 24, 2008 |
