CMS Guidance to State Survey Agency Directors
Guidance for CMS guidance to State Survey Agency Directors.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: March 10, 2012
CMS guidance to state survey agency directors and CMS regional offices.
The purpose of these memorandum is to release the revised EMTALA interpretive guidelines to the regional offices (ROs) and State Survey Agencies (SAs).
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