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Keep An Eye On IJ Changes

Published on Fri Mar 08, 2019

Could IJ citations become less common? Newly issued changes to the State Operations Manual appendix on immediate jeopardy determi­nations could impact your surveys, even though the revisions don’t mention home health or hospice by name. Watch out: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revamped SOM Appendix Q — Core Guidelines for Determining Immediate Jeopardy, CMS notes in a [...]
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