Governor Laura Kelly announced in March 2022 KDADS and KDHE facility surveyors would not be enforcing the CMS vaccine mandate for health care providers. Kansas has reached an agreement with CMS on the responsibility to survey for compliance with the vaccine mandate (42 CFR §483.80(i)). CMS will communicate directly with facilities to demonstrate compliance with the vaccine mandate and tag F-888. Kansas surveyors will complete the remaining parts of recertification surveys, complaint investigations and revisits without verifying facility efforts to ensure vaccine compliance with F888 or 42 CFR §483.80(i)).
Below you will find the press release from Governor Kelly's office and the letter from CMS updating the FY2022 Kansas Medicare Allotment for Survey and Certification.
The primary purpose of this tool is to provide detailed information about the past performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the country.
QCOR summarizes survey and certification data, including results of onsite inspections of providers and suppliers.