This past September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted revised interpretive guidelines concerning the use of feeding tubes in nursing homes. In late October, CMS retracted the Survey & Certification Letter detailing the revised changes so they could include instructions that pertain to the Quality Indicator Survey (“QIS”). Further revised interpretive... READ MORE
CMS Retracts Revised Feeding Tube Interpretive Guidelines
Posted on November 10, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.