CMS updates guidance for surveyors
MDS 3.0 Insider, December 5, 2014
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Nursing home surveyors should question staff members to ensure that residents' care is aligned with their advance directives, according to a manual update recently released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The document released Wednesday includes revised guidance for more than 20 F-Tags, including those related to dementia care, restraints and nasogastric tubes.
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