Long-Term Care Survey Alert
QI PROJECT RESULTS WONT PLEASE ALL FACILITIES
The results of the pilot project to share new nursing home quality measures with the public are set to hit the streets in the next few weeks and they might not please many nursing home administrators, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services warns. CMS plans to run full-page newspaper ads in each of the participating states Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Rhode Island, Maryland and Washington when it releases the results. CMS chief Tom Scully has said that "nursing homes are going to go nuts" upon seeing the compiled results from the pilot states. Some administrators may be surprised by where their facilities show up in the rankings, he suggested. But Scully thinks the project will be valuable to consumers in making more informed long-term care choices. Quality Improvement Organizations formerly referred to as Peer Review Organizations expect heavy demand for their services as facilities turn to them for guidance on meeting the initiatives quality goals, according to David Schulke, head of the American Health Quality Association. QIOs will offer some assistance, training and networking resources to facilities wishing to improve the quality of their care and, consequently, the quality of their publicly available data.
Long-Term Care Survey Alert
- Survey Management:
10 THINGS NEVER TO SAY OR DO DURING A SURVEY
Have you ever really put your foot in your mouth during a survey, hoping surveyors [...] - Quality of Care:
NEW MEDICARE RESOURCES CAN IMPROVE YOUR DEMENTIA CARE
Its the best news that facilities struggling to provide good dementia care on limited resources [...] - Alzheimers Disease:
GET TO SURVEYORS BOTTOM LINE ON ALZHEIMERS CARE
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GET SURVEYORS ON YOUR PAGE WITH DEMENTIA SERVICES
Sometimes even the best dementia care program wont make surveyors happy, especially if they arent [...] - Alzheimers Disease:
USE VERBAL, NONVERBAL CUES TO HELP SLOW ADL DECLINE
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MAKE SURE YOUR FALL PROTOCOLS DONT FALL SHORT
Talk about double jeopardy. Surveyors not only hand out F tags for falls, they will [...] - Survey Appeals:
ALJ RULINGS PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO WINNABLE APPEALS
To appeal or not to appeal: That's the big decision when your facility disagrees with [...] - Risk Management:
HEAD OFF CITATIONS, LIABILITY CAUSED BY TEMP STAFF
A nurse from a temporary agency leaves a resident unattended in the bathtub and he [...] - Federal Developments:
LEGISLATION WOULD MAKE SURVEYS KINDER, GENTLER EXPERIENCE
Legislation introduced in Congress March 20 would transform surveys into a more collaborative process between [...] - Federal Developments:
CMS GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO FEEDING ASSISTANTS
Nursing facilities will get some staffing relief under a proposal unveiled late last month. The [...] - Abuse Prevention:
SURVEYORS GET MARCHING ORDERS ON ABUSE REPORTING
Expect state survey agencies to do a better job reporting resident abuse to law enforcement [...] - Risk Management:
FACILITIES GET LIABILITY INSURANCE BREAK FOR MATTRESS SYSTEM
A new campaign claims that a highly touted new mattress and treatment system appears to [...] - Quality Improvement:
QI PROJECT RESULTS WONT PLEASE ALL FACILITIES
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ACE INHIBITORS MAY IMPROVE SENIORS STRENGTH
ACE inhibitors may do more than lower blood pressure and ease cardiac overload. Researchers at [...]
