CMS Updates LTC Survey Process Again (3rd Time in 30 Days)

Mary Madison, RN, RAC-CT, CDP
Clinical Consultant – Briggs Healthcare

The latest update to the LTCSP was posted late in the day Tuesday, February 22, 2022:

[Note: If you print the above Revision History document found beneath the hyperlink, you need only print the first 2 pages as page 3 on this version of the history has only the title of the document found on the other 2 pages. CMS apparently removed earlier revisions, including only 2021 updates on the 2/22/2022 Revision History.]

I included the 2 updates in late January as a reference. On January 24th, 2 Survey Resources folders were uploaded/updated then 4 days later CMS renamed the NEW Survey Resources folder to specify that it contained Staff Vaccine documents. This latest update removes the duplicate Surveyor Resources Folder and updates the list of Revised Ftags, adding “F608 back onto the job aide”.

Here’s that section of Ftags from the January 2022 update:

Here’s that section of Ftags from the February 2022 update:

Briggs subscribers to 1766 – Survey Guide – Interpretive Guidelines for Long-Term Care and 1766E – Survey Guide – Interpretive Guidelines for Long-Term Care – eManual will receive this digital update in a few days.