CMS Transmittal Related to Appendix PP

CMS issued transmittal 127 on November 26, 2014.  This transmittal updates Appendix PP (Ftags and surveyor guidance) and contains no new information.  All material included in this transmittal was issued as policy or as advance guidance between 2003 and May 2014.  Except for information related to four tags (F155, F309, F322, F329) all of this material was issued as an advance copy on July 3, 2014.  The additional language at the four tags not in the July advance copy and the original advance release information follows:
•    F155 relates to Advance Directives (issued as an advance copy on September 27, 2012 and revised March 8, 2013);
•    F309 relates to care and services for individuals with dementia (issued as an advance copy on May 24, 2013);
•    F322 relates to Naso-Gastric Tubes (issued as a revised advance copy on March 8, 2013); and
•    F329 relates to Unnecessary Drugs (issued as an advance copy on May 24, 2013).