The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has posted the “draft” interpretive guidance that will guide the survey process for the new ESRD Conditions for Coverage.
The document includes the regulatory language that was published as a final rule for the ESRD program in the Federal Register on April 15, 2008, as well as regulatory text that was incorporated by reference in that final rule.
Comments and rationale pertaining to the “draft” Interpretive Guidelines can be submitted to the CMS mailbox at ESRDSurvey@cms.hhs.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on August 18, 2008. A template to submit comments and rationale is included in the guideline document.
You can locate the “draft” Interpretive Guideline document on the FMQAI website at http://www.fmqai.com/ESRD/.
