State Operations Manual
Appendix PP - Guidance to Surveyors - Long Term Care Facilities

Substandard quality of care = one or more deficiencies with s/s levels of F, H, I, J, K, or L

§483.20 Resident Assessment The facility must conduct initially and periodically a comprehensive, accurate, standardized reproducible assessment of each resident’s functional capacity. §483.20(b) Comprehensive Assessments Please Login or Join to view the rest of guidance to Surveyors.

GUIDANCE §483.20(b)(1)-(2(i) & (iii) Each facility must use the RAI specified by CMS (which includes the MDS, utilization guidelines and the CAAs) to assess each resident. The Please Login or Join to access this information