Long-Term Care Survey Alert
CMS BROADCAST TO EXPLAIN QUALITY MEASURES
Mark your calendars: On Sept. 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to broadcast a presentation from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT on the upcoming national nursing home quality measures and initiative. The broadcast can be viewed by satellite or Internet.
CMS presenters will give an overview of the pilot quality initiative now underway in six states and the steps that will occur before national rollout of the initiative in October. Also on the agenda: an explanation of the quality measures and data preview process, as well as the role of the survey agencies in the initiative and how consumers can use the information. Registration and viewing information is available at http://cms.internetstreaming.com.
Long-Term Care Survey Alert
- Survey Management:
OPPOSING STRATEGIES CAN TURN AROUND A LOSING SURVEY
Every survey is a gamble. That’s because no matter what kind of winning hand you [...] - Survey Appeals:
A SURVEY SUCCESS STORY AFTER THE FACT
No luck convincing surveyors to put up their citation pads during the exit conference? All [...] - Survey Data Management:
WHAT TO DO WHEN CMS' 'NURSING HOME COMPARE' SITE IS WRONG
It’s painful enough to see negative survey or quality performance information about your facility on [...] - Survey Reporting:
FORMER OPERATORS' SURVEY SINS AND DOT-COM SITES HAUNT NURSING FACILITIES
Providers and nursing home organizations are lobbying for a number of reforms to protect themselves [...] - Care Plan Management:
UNCAN 'CANNED' CARE PLANS TO AVOID QUALITY CITATIONS
Caveat care planners: If your facility uses a prefabricated or “canned” care plan, make sure [...] - Resident Assessment:
IMPROVE DIETARY ASSESSMENT -- BEFORE SURVEYORS FORCE YOU TO
Here’s food for thought: Nursing assistants in a recent study assessed resident meal intake accurately [...] - Survey Preparation:
HOW SURVEYORS CALCULATE FOOD AND FLUID INTAKE
Ready to do some math? If you really want to get inside the mind of [...] - Resident Nutrition:
3 TIPS FOR IMPROVING RESIDENT DIETARY INTAKE
Residents not eating or drinking enough? Try these simple strategies: 1. Check with the physician [...] - Quality Initiative:
PARTNERSHIPS KEY TO NURSING HOME QUALITY INITIATIVE
Providers recently got a heads up on the federal quality nursing home quality initiative set [...] - Quality Initiative:
CMS BROADCAST TO EXPLAIN QUALITY MEASURES
Mark your calendars: On Sept. 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to [...] - Clinical Research:
AROMATHERAPY MAY CALM RESIDENTS WITH DEMENTIA
The aroma of lemon balm may be just what the doctor ordered for agitated residents [...] - Survey Studies:
CMS SET TO STUDY SURVEY INCONSISTENCY
Wish someone would finally do something to improve the consistency and accuracy of surveys? The [...] - Medicare Reimbursement:
MEDICARE TO PAY FOR E-STIM WOUND TREATMENT
Wound coverage is about to improve for residents with difficult-to-treat ulcers. Under a new national [...]
