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CMS SOM App. J, Tag W333
§483.460(c)(2) The development, with a physician, of a medical care plan of treatment for a
client when the physician has determined that an individual client requires such a plan;
Guidance §483.460(c)(2)
A medical care plan addresses those clinical treatments and observations that are to be done for
the client by the medical staff and other staff of the facility in order to either improve an acute
medical condition or to maintain a medically fragile client as clinically stable as possible. The
medical care plan is an adjunct to the IPP and is not considered a substitution for the IPP.
§483.460(c)(3) For those clients certified as not needing a medical care plan, a review of their
health status which must-
History
Rev. 135, Issued: 02-27-15, Effective: 04-27-15, Implementation: 04-27-15
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-07-22
- Edition
- som-2026-07-22
- Content hash
b147f3da5208bb8ffbb99ea2a80e40956f81abbd90613b99a24c413d95ad070c
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