Long-Term Care Survey Alert
Clarification:
CMS Pulls Back Revised F322 (Tube Feeding) Survey Guidance
Published on Wed Nov 09, 2011
Here's why -- and where to look for the reissued guidance. On Oct. 21, CMS posted a notice on its website stating: "We have retracted S&C Memo 11-37-NH Revisions to Interpretive Guidance at Ftag 322, as Part of Appendix PP so that we may incorporate instructions that pertain to the Quality Indicator Survey. We will notify you as soon as the revised guidance is published." You can check for the F322 survey guidance at www.cms.gov/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/PMSR/list.asp#TopOfPage.
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