Preparation can help make annual inspection surveys go more smoothly, according to a provider who spoke yesterday afternoon during a McKnight’s Super Tuesday webinar.
Scaling Survey Hurdles
Jul 02, 2012
In today’s increasingly outcomes-driven healthcare environment, more skilled nursing operators are stressing quality. Unfortunately, operators have learned that this heightened concern doesn’t...
Poll: Public’s concern over healthcare costs rising
Apr 30, 2008
Healthcare costs are the third-most common economic problem for U.S. residents, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation. More than one-fourth (28%) of respondents said the...
Ask the Nursing Expert about … documentation for new survey regulations
By
Judi Kulus, MSN, MAT, RN, NHA, RAC-MT, DNS-CT
Feb 08, 2018
For years I have referred to the State Operations Manual (SOM) Appendix P for guidance on the survey process. But the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced that Appendix P will be...
Patient advocates blast Stupak’s nursing home survey improvement act
Aug 27, 2010
A group of long-term care patient advocates on Thursday sent a letter to Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), criticizing the lame-duck legislator’s new “Enhancing Quality through Survey System Improvements...
Ask the Payment Expert … about MDS-focused surveys
By
Patricia Boyer
Aug 05, 2015
I keep hearing about MDS-focused surveys. What are they?
Ask the legal expert: A break from surveys might feel good, but isn’t this extremely dangerous?
By
Norris Cunningham
May 01, 2022
Q: I understand state surveys of skilled nursing providers are incredibly backlogged. A break from surveys might feel good, but isn’t this extremely dangerous?
A snapshot of successful dementia surveys
By
Oct 06, 2015
I firmly believe the old saying that a picture’s worth a thousand words. But for every strong, visual message photograph conveys, there are dozens of more messages that it doesn’t, or can’t,...
2013: A survey, review
By
Steven Littlehale
Mar 01, 2014
I always get a kick out of doing my year in review. Did I meet my personal and professional goals? Did our clients improve their outcomes? Were new relationships established and old ones strengthened?
Trump administration scaling back nursing home fines: report
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 02, 2018
Shortly before President Donald Trump was inaugurated, the American Health Care Association sent him a letter asking for regulatory relief, with one of the group’s top executives later saying the...