Medicare/Medicaid: CMS finalizes regulations for revisit user fees.(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)

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Sec. 488.30 Revisit user fee for revisit surveys.

(a) Definitions. Revisit survey means a survey performed with respect to a provider or supplier cited for deficiencies during an initial certification, re-certification, or substantiated complaint survey and that is designed to evaluate the extent to which previously-cited deficiencies have been corrected and the provider or supplier is in substantial compliance with applicable conditions of participation, requirements, or conditions for coverage.

Revisit surveys include both offsite and onsite review.

Substantiated ...

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