In a February 17, 2017 CMS S&C letter, the Agency notifies nursing home providers that the revised regulatory text for Appendix PP of the State Operations Manual has been updated and released as of February 10, 2017. Please note that the Interpretive Guidance is still not available.
We posted the link to CMS Transmittal 167 with the revised SOM on the CMSCG blog and are reposting the link here for your reference.
View CMS S&C “Revision to State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix PP” (Ref: 17-19-NH) on the CMS website.