Please
note Revisions to the State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix W for CriticalAccess Hospitals.
I.
SUMMARY OF CHANGES: Appendix W, Survey Protocol, Regulations and Interpretive
Guidance for Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and Swing Beds in CAHs, is being
revised to reflect recent regulation changes. We are also taking this
opportunity to make clarifications and updates to existing guidance.
NOTE:
The table of contents was revised to remove the reference to Standards and only
reflect the Conditions. Tag C-0299 is new and has been added to reflect the new
Interpretive Guidelines for §485.635(e). Tag C-0286 has been deleted and the
revised Interpretive Guidelines have been relocated to tag C-0287. Tag C-0290
has been deleted and the Interpretive Guidelines have been relocated to C-0287
and to Tag C-0288. Tag C-0293 has been deleted and the Interpretive Guidelines
have been relocated to tag C-0292. Tag C-0295 has been deleted and the revised
Interpretive Guidelines have been relocted to Tac C-0294.
NEW/REVISED
MATERIAL - EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 2015 IMPLEMENTATION DATE: April 7,
2015
The
revision date and transmittal number apply to the red italicized material only.
Any other material was previously published and remains unchanged. However, if
this revision contains a table of contents, you will receive the new/revised
information only, and not the entire table of contents.
