Significant changes in CMS pharmacy services F-Tags for long-term care facilities

Recently, regulations governing United States long-term care facilities (LTCF), both skilled nursing facilities (SNF) and nursing facilities (NF), have undergone their biggest update in approximately two decades. The changes were the result of a lengthy process which was published as a proposed rule in the Federal Register on July 16, 2015. Nearly 10,000 written comments were received from interested parties, organizations and professional associations before the final rule was published on October 4, 2016.
Source: Geriatric Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research