Issuance of Revisions to Interpretive Guidance at Several Tags, as Part of Appendix PP, SOM

Revisions have been made to Guidance to Surveyors at several Tags in Appendix PP of SOM concerning Quality of Life and Environment. Tag F255 (closets) is deleted and regulatory language and Guidance moved to F461. A training document with speaker notes for CMS Regional Offices ROs and State Survey Agencies to use to train surveyors in this revision to the SOM is included in this memorandum. Power point slides will be issued to ROs and SAs under a separate communication.