Long-Term Care Survey Alert
PROBE OF SEX OR SURVEY SANCTIONS SCANDAL WIDENS
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and state attorney general's office have joined the state ethics commission in investigating allegations that Kentucky's governor arranged to give a nursing home breaks on inspections in exchange for having sex with the owner. The office of Gov. Paul Patton (D) and at least three state agencies have been ordered to turn over various documents to the commission, including phone and state inspection records, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. Meanwhile, criminal investigators have interviewed Patton, who denies the charges. The uproar began after nursing home owner sued Patton for sexual harassment, claiming that state inspectors targeted her facility after she ended their sexual relationship.
Long-Term Care Survey Alert
- Quality Improvement:
BEWARE OF CONFIDENTIALITY LOOPHOLE WHEN WORKING WITH YOUR QIO
Quality improvemnet organizations can be a big help to nursing facilities looking to shine in [...] - Quality Initiative:
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND STATE SURVEY AGENCIES CRITICAL TO NHQI SUCCESS
Nursing facilities might find their relationship with quality improvement organizations and state survey agencies reminiscent [...] - Regulatory Compliance:
THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELF-DISCLOSE POSES ADVANTAGES
Say the quality improvement organization tells you to report what it views as a "substantial [...] - Quality Measures:
CMS SHEDS LIGHT ON NATIONAL QUALITY MEASURES
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently shared some key information about how nursing [...] - Chart:
CROSS WALKING QUALITY MEASURES TO QUALITY INDICATORS
- Care Plan Management:
CONSOLIDATE RESIDENT PROBLEMS AND SKIP AN F279 TAG
What do anxiety, confusion, poor adjustment to nursing home placement and psychotropic drug use have [...] - Survey Appeals:
SET RECORD STRAIGHT WITH IDR
Nursing facilities can benefit from informal dispute resolution to challenge deficiencies for almost as many [...] - Survey Appeals:
INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION: SELF ASSESSMENT TOOL
Considering informal dispute resolution? Nursing home providers should ask themselves the following questions to determine [...] - Accreditation:
NEW YEAR HERALDS EASIER ACCREDITATION PROCESS
Long-term care accreditation for nursing facilities will be a lot easier when the Joint Commission [...] - Accreditation:
ACCREDITATION AS MANAGEMENT ENHANCEMENT STRATEGY
Some facilities use accreditation as a strategy to make sure they're on track with resident [...] - Infection Control:
CMS APPROVES STANDING ORDERS FOR FLU AND PNEUMONIA SHOTS
With the flu season upon us, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services just made [...] - Survey Preparation:
GET YOUR DOCUMENTS IN A ROW ON SURVEY DAY
Survey day is not the time to look or feel disorganized. One of the most [...] - Infection Control:
BEAN SPROUTS DANGEROUS
Here's one "health" food that is probably best left off your facility's menu in raw [...] - Clinical Studies:
MORE STAPH FOUND IN LARGER NURSING HOMES
Elderly residents living in large nursing homes or infacilities with many long-term residents are more [...] - State News:
PROBE OF SEX OR SURVEY SANCTIONS SCANDAL WIDENS
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and state attorney general's office have joined the state ethics [...] - Clinical Studies:
NURSES OVERESTIMATE RISK OF PAIN-KILLER ADDICTION
Nurses are good at assessing their patients' pain, but they still have an exaggerated fear [...]
