Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (MOLST) UPDATE

Please forward this email to colleagues in your respective organizations and associations. The MOLST Training Center and MOLST web pages in the Professionals, Patients and Families sections on CompassionAndSupport.org are being updated with new material regularly.

MOLST FAQs Prepared in Consultation with NYSDOH:
http://www.compassionandsupport.org/pdfs/homepage/MOLST_Frequently_Asked_Questions.091511_.pdf

Other MOLST FAQs:
http://www.compassionandsupport.org/index.php/for_professionals/molst_training_center/frequently_asked_questions

DOH-5003 MOLST form translated in Spanish:
This MOLST form is intended for educational purposes and is not to be completed.
http://www.compassionandsupport.org/pdfs/homepage/010793_DOH-5003_SP_4_page_with_watermark.pdf

Community Conversations on Compassionate Care (CCCC) Advance Care Planning booklet with DOH-MOLST form in Spanish:
With the MOLST form translated into Spanish, this revision will align with the English version and contain patient and family MOLST FAQs: http://www.compassionandsupport.org/pdfs/about/B-1576_Excellus_2010_Complete.pdf.
It should be available shortly and will be posted on http://www.compassionandsupport.org/index.php/resource_directory/advance_care_planning

MOLST and FHCDA Webinar Series
These recorded webinars were set to expire on Monday, October 3rd, but the deadline has been extended to the end of the year. There is a PowerPoint presentation for each webinar.
To view the webinars, simply register as directed on http://www.compassionandsupport.org/index.php/for_professionals/molst_training_center/molst_and_fhcda_webinar_series.
We welcome you to take advantage of this opportunity and provide us with feedback.

New Dining Practice Standards from the Pioneer Network:
http://www.pioneernetwork.net/Data/Documents/NewDiningPracticeStandardsfinal8-26-11.pdf

Revisions to Interpretive Guidance on Feeding Tubes (See attached pdf.)
Revisions have been made to Guidance to Surveyors at F tag 322 in Appendix PP of the State Operations Manual (SOM) concerning Feeding Tubes.
• Collapsed F tag 321: F tag 321 is deleted and the regulatory language and guidance moved to F tag 322.
• Training: Power Point training material with speaker notes for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Regional Offices (ROs) and State Survey Agencies (SAs) to be used to train surveyors on this revision to F tag 322 in the SOM will be issued under a separate communication.