Long-Term Care Survey Alert
Survey Management:
Watch Out For These 5 Nursing Home Targets
Published on Tue Nov 04, 2003
Stay off the government's radar screen by paying attention to these five areas targeted by the Office of Inspector General's 2004 work plan:
1. Minimum Data Set accuracy and timeliness;
2. Trends in RUG assignments;
3. Nursing compliance with dietary services requirements;
4. Review of antipsychotic drugs prescribed for Medicaid nursing home residents to see if residents have diagnoses of mental illness;
5. Nursing home quality of care and best practices tied to functional status outcomes, staffing measures and organization characteristics.
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