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Healthcare Licensing and Surveys

Healthcare Licensing and Surveys (HLS) assures that residents and patients receive quality care from healthcare facilities required to be licensed by the State of Wyoming. HLS also promotes health and safety through on-site inspections and complaint investigations.

Contact Info:

2300 Capitol Avenue, Suite 510
Cheyenne, WY 82002
(307) 777-7123
Fax: (307) 777-7127
wdh-ohls@wyo.gov

S & C/QSO Memos 2018

  • S&C: 18-01-NH– Revised Policies Regarding the Immediate Imposition of Federal Remedies-FOR ACTION
  • S&C: 18-02-NH– Clarification regarding Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP/CEP) Waiver and Appeal Requirements
  • S&C: 18-03-HHA– Home Health Agency (HHA) Subunits
  • S&C: 18-04-NH– Temporary Enforcement Delays for Certain Phase 2 F-Tags and Changes to Nursing Home Compare
  • S&C: 18-05-NH– Preparation for Launch of New Long-Term Care Survey Process (LTCSP)
  • S&C: 18-06-Hospitals– Clarification of Ligature Risk Policy
  • S&C: 18-07-CLIA– Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Proficiency Testing (PT) Referral Categories
  • S&C: 18-08-NH– An Initiative to Address Facility Initiated Discharges that Violate Federal Regulations
  • S&C: 18-09-RHC– Revised Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Guidance- State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix G- Advance Copy
  • QSO: 18-10-Hospitals/CAHs– Text of Patient Information among Healthcare Providers in Hospital and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs)
  • QSO: 18-11-CLIA– Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Release of Request for Information (RFI)
  • QSO: 18-12-Deemed Providers/Suppliers– Clarification of the Accrediting Organization’s (AO’s) Role when a Provider or Supplier’s Deemed Status has been Temporarily Removed
  • QSO: 18-13-HHA– Home Health Agency (HHA) Survey Protocol- State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix B Revised – EXPIRED
  • QSO: 18-14-CLIA– Clarification Regarding Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Specimen Adequacy Assessment, Rapid On-Site Evaluation (ROSE) and Workload Limits
  • QSO: 18-15-NH– Specialized Infection Prevention and Control Training for Nursing Home Staff in the Long-Term Care Setting
  • QSO: 18-16-ICF/IID– Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) Survey Protocol- State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix J Revised
  • QSO: 18-17-NH– Transition to Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) Staffing Measures on the Nursing Home Compare tool on Medicare.gov and the Five Star Quality Rating System
  • QSO: 18-19-CLIA– Performance Specification Verification of Assays Authorized Under Emergency Use (EUA)
  • QSO: 18-20-CLIA– Clarification of the Operation of Multiple Laboratories at the Same Location and the Discontinued Use of the Term “Shared Laboratory”
  • QSO: 18-21-All Hospitals– CMS Clarification of Psychiatric Environmental Risks
  • QSO: 18-22-ESRD– Revisions to the State Operations Manual (SOM), Chapter 2, End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Program
  • QSO: 18-23-OPO– New Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) Survey Protocol and Guidance Revisions in Appendix Y of the State Operations Manual (SOM)
  • QSO: 18-24-ESRD– Survey Process for Reviewing Home Dialysis Services in a Long Term Care (LTC) Facility – REVISED
  • QSO: 18-25-HHA– Home Health Agency (HHA) Interpretive Guidelines – EXPIRED
  • QSO: 18-26-Hospital/CAH– Guidance to Hospitals and Critical Access Hospital (CAH) Surveyors Addressing Revisions to Swing-Bed Requirements