Yesterday, CMS sent a new transmittal to the state survey agencies on the use of feeding tubes in nursing homes.
In short, F321 has been combined into F322 and according the CMS the changes were made to provide nursing home surveyors with guidance to determine compliance with use of feeding tubes by nursing homes. The revision is effective on November 30, 2011.
We will be providing a more detailed analysis of the changes in the next couple of days.
If you have any questions feel free to contact Todd Selby at 317-977-144o, tselby@wp.hallrender.com , Brian Jent at 317-977-1402, bjent@wp.hallrender.com David Bufford at 502-568-3368, dbufford@wp.hallrender.com or your regular Hall Render attorney.
