Survey & Certification - General Information

Title
Policy Regarding Unannounced Surveys
Memo #
09-41
Posting Date
06/05/2009
Fiscal Year
2009
Summary
This memorandum reiterates current policy that all surveys must be unannounced for all providers and suppliers, except for standard surveys of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) laboratories and other limited exceptions. This includes standard surveys, complaint surveys and onsite revisit surveys.