McSpadden Carla Saxton
Policy and Advocacy, ASCP.
Consult Pharm. 2006 Jul;21(7):556-60. doi: 10.4140/tcp.n.2006.556.
The State Operations Manual (SOM), published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), describes the nursing facility survey process that is the primary regulatory focus for facilities. CMS is now revising several sections in Appendix PP of the SOM that contains the Interpretive Guidelines for Long-Term Care Facilities; some of these guidelines have already been released. The pharmacy-related sections of these guidelines are due out later this year. Because these revisions will affect the survey process, expectations of health care providers, and possibly the care process within nursing facilities, consultant pharmacists and all members of the interdisciplinary care team need to start preparing for these revisions. The information provided here is meant to be a refresher of the components of the survey process as a preliminary step in the preparation for the release of new guidelines.
医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）发布的《州运营手册》（SOM）描述了护理机构调查流程，这是各机构主要的监管重点。CMS目前正在修订SOM附录PP中的几个部分，该附录包含长期护理机构的解释性指南；其中一些指南已经发布。这些指南中与药房相关的部分将于今年晚些时候发布。由于这些修订将影响调查流程、医疗服务提供者的期望，甚至可能影响护理机构内的护理流程，顾问药剂师和跨学科护理团队的所有成员都需要开始为这些修订做准备。此处提供的信息旨在作为对调查流程组成部分的复习，作为准备发布新指南的初步步骤。
