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Transitioning Certification Functions for Changes of Ownership, Administrative Changes, and Initial Enrollment Performed by the SOG Locations ***Revised to Transition Several Providers and Suppliers and Provide Additional Guidance and Updates to the Standard Operating Procedures***
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Admin Info: 22-02-ALL Technical corrections posted 11/28/2023
Posting Date
2022-11-28
Fiscal Year
2023
Summary
TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS POSTED 11/28/2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been transitioning certain certification enrollment functions performed by the CMS SOG Locations (formerly CMS Regional Offices) to CMS's Center for Program Integrity (CPI) and its Provider Enrollment Oversight Group (PEOG) and to the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). • CMS has already streamlined certain certification work, such as voluntary termination (July 27, 2020), Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) enrollment (March 22, 2021), and changes of ownership, administrative changes, and initial certification work for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) (January 3, 2022). • CMS has also streamlined changes of ownership, administrative changes, and initial certification work for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs), Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs), Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CORFs), FQHCs, Home Health Agencies (HHA), Outpatient Physical Therapy/Outpatient Speech Pathology (OPT/OSP), and Portable X-Ray (PXR) Providers (May 30, 2022). • The State Operations Manual (SOM) and Program Integrity Manual (PIM) will be updated to reflect these changes later. • The attached standard operating procedure (SOP) related to changes of ownership (CHOWs), administrative changes, and initial certification enrollment work for the providers and suppliers listed above and the remaining providers/suppliers transitioning, which are: • Hospitals (including Psychiatric Hospitals and Transplant Programs) • Hospices • End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities • CMS has also clarified the main SOP for all impacted providers/suppliers and added guidance for Accrediting Organizations (AOs). The revisions are reflected in red italics.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been transitioning certain certification enrollment functions performed by the CMS SOG Locations (formerly CMS Regional Offices) to CMS's Center for Program Integrity (CPI) and its Provider Enrollment Oversight Group (PEOG) and to the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs). • CMS has already streamlined certain certification work, such as voluntary termination (July 27, 2020), Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) enrollment (March 22, 2021), and changes of ownership, administrative changes, and initial certification work for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) (January 3, 2022). • CMS has also streamlined changes of ownership, administrative changes, and initial certification work for Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs), Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs), Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CORFs), FQHCs, Home Health Agencies (HHA), Outpatient Physical Therapy/Outpatient Speech Pathology (OPT/OSP), and Portable X-Ray (PXR) Providers (May 30, 2022). • The State Operations Manual (SOM) and Program Integrity Manual (PIM) will be updated to reflect these changes later. • The attached standard operating procedure (SOP) related to changes of ownership (CHOWs), administrative changes, and initial certification enrollment work for the providers and suppliers listed above and the remaining providers/suppliers transitioning, which are: • Hospitals (including Psychiatric Hospitals and Transplant Programs) • Hospices • End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Facilities • CMS has also clarified the main SOP for all impacted providers/suppliers and added guidance for Accrediting Organizations (AOs). The revisions are reflected in red italics.