Long-Term Care Survey Alert
What Surveyors Want You to Know about Palliative Care
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Although many important survey changes affecting palliative care are contained in the CMS guidance on F-Tag 309, it’s best to take a close look at the agency’s guidance to surveyors on all of the items below (look for future articles in Long-Term Care Survey Alert for more details).
Survey guidance regarding §483.25 Quality of Care, State Operations Manual (CMS):
F309, 310,311, 312, 314, 315, 317, 318, 319, 320, 325, 327, 329
Guidance regarding §483.20(k) Coordinated and Comprehensive Care Plans, State Operations Manual (CMS):
F279
Guidance regarding §483.15 Quality of Life, State Operations Manual (CMS):
F241, 242
Source: Palliative Care Best Practices: A Guide for Long-Term Care and Hospice www.civhc.org/CIVHC-Initiatives/Health-Care-Delivery-Redesign/Palliative-Care/Palliative-Care-Best-Practices/Palliative-Care-Best-Practices-Guide-2012.aspx/
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