Long-Term Care Survey Alert
Stay Up-To-Date on Pain and Related Survey Concerns
Use these resources to improve quality of care given to residents, especially the elderly.
Survey and Certification Memo 12-48-NH: From the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. This memo highlights CMS fairly recent changes to its F309 guidance. Available at www.cms.gov/Medicare/Provider-Enrollment-and-Certification/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/Downloads/Survey-and-Cert-Letter-12-48.pdf.
GeriatricPain.org: Access evidence-based assessment tools and other checklists here, at no charge.
Geriatric Pain Knowledge Assessment: This new tool, available at geriatricpain.org, was developed by experts in the field of geriatric pain and is designed to assess baseline knowledge of important concepts related to pain among older nursing home residents. The creators’ goal is to “increase clinical knowledge and improve the quality of care to older adults who experience pain.”
Long-Term Care Survey Alert
- Pain Management:
Help Residents Who Hurt: Here's How
Surefire ways to improve your pain assessment program — and be rewarded at survey time. Poorly [...] - Tool:
Make Screening for Pain as Easy as ABCDE
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Learn From the Case of the Missing Fentynal Patch
Take preventive measures before the surveyors hand you a citation. Proper assessment of residents’ pain [...] - Resources:
Stay Up-To-Date on Pain and Related Survey Concerns
Use these resources to improve quality of care given to residents, especially the elderly. Survey [...] - MDS 3.0:
Lock In the Correct Assessment Reference Date
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Watch for Potential Problems During Dental Assessment
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What the OIG Has in Store for SNFs This Year
Beware: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will be cracking down on skilled [...]
