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CMS Retracts Revised Feeding Tube Interpretive Guidelines

[11/10/11]

Posted on November 10, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice

Written by: Bufford, David W.

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

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