Appendix PP Regulatory Updates - 2025 On-Demand Workshop-Overall Review of Updates

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This presentation reviews the 2025 updates to Appendix PP regulatory guidance for long-term care. Key changes include new and removed F-tags, revisions to survey tools like the Critical Element Care Pathways, and an emphasis on assessing psychosocial outcomes using the Psychosocial Outcome Severity Guide alongside the scope and severity grid. CMS is integrating these updates into survey software effective February 24, 2025. Facilities should review updated F-tags, pathways, and policies, ensure staff training, and use critical element pathways for compliance audits. Additional training and resources are publicly available through CMS and APACN to support implementation and compliance.

Keywords

Appendix PP 2025 updates

long-term care regulations

F-tags revisions

Critical Element Care Pathways

Psychosocial Outcome Severity Guide