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Surveyor Training Tweak May Save Your Survey

Published on Thu Sep 24, 2015

Arevision to home health surveyor training may help HHAs avoid unnecessary Conditionlevel deficiencies. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ HHA Survey Protocols “provide guidance to assist surveyors in determining when a Condition-level deficiency may be considered,” CMS says in Survey & Cert Letter 15-52-HHA. Old way: “Previous trainings emphasized that the phrase ‘consider citing the Condition’ implied the surveyor [...]
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