CMS issues ‘significant’ survey changes for 2025 [long-term care]
BREAKING: CMS issues ‘significant’ survey changes for 2025 [long-term care]
McKnights Long-Term Care News; by Kimberly Marselas; 11/19/24
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday issued “significant revisions” to its long-term care surveyor guidance, with changes affecting everything from admission and discharge standards to the use of psychotropic medications and newly adopted infection prevention practices. CMS released an advance copy of the 900-page document online, including new critical element pathways, to give providers and surveyors time to adjust to the new requirements before they go into effect Feb. 24, 2025. A significant portion of the changes is related to chemical restraints and unnecessary psychotropic medication.