New Resource Available Related to Revised LTC Survey Guidance

Survey and Certification
 
Published:January 21, 2025
Hawley Hunt
​On November 18, 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released Revised Long-Term Care (LTC) Surveyor Guidance: Significant revisions to enhance quality and oversight of the LTC Survey Process.​ The memo included significant changes to guidance in Appendix PP related to several regulatory areas.​ The memo was updated January 16, 2025, to include additional updates to guidance. The changes will be effective and surveyors will begin surveying based on the revised guidance, on March 24, 2025.   Note: The effective date was delayed from the original memo. 

Over the next several weeks, AHCA will release Action Briefings related to the guidance updates. A new action briefing regarding Pain Management has been posted to the AHCA Survey Regulatory page for review. The action brief includes an outline of significant changes made and action items facilities may take to achieve compliance in these areas.  

Please email regulatory@ahca.org with questions.