Resource Category: Policies & Regulations

Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities

Surveyor Guidance for phase II of the revised conditions of participation that goes into effect in fall 2017.

Revision to State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix PP for Phase 2, F-Tag Revisions, and Related Issues

Surveyor Guidance for phase II of the revised conditions of participation that goes into effect in fall 2017. Cross walk between the old F Tags and the new.

Resources from CMS to teach yourself and your staff the latest information to help you meet the CMS Conditions of Participation.

Four new culture change proposals accepted into the 2012 edition of the Life Safety code.

Notes from CMS Final Rule Document Pertinent to Culture Change and Person-directed Care

Federal Register Containing the 2016 CMS Final Rules for long term care

The Department of Health and Human Services along with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a Reform of Requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities on October 4, 2016.

2016 Final Rule to Reform Requirements for Long Term Care Presentation (Slides)