Long-Term Care Survey Alert
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Long-Term Care Survey Alert
- Survey Management:
PREEMPT TOP F TAGS WITH PATIENT SAFETY ROUNDS
If a surveyor asked you how safe residents are from accidents and clinical shortfalls, what [...] - Survey Management:
GUARD AGAINST THESE POTENTIAL SURVEY SCENARIOS UNDER HIPAA
Here's one of those million-dollar questions: Can surveyors cite your facility for HIPAA violations under [...] - Restorative Care:
THIS FORM OF ADL OVERCODING WILL DRIVE UP YOUR QI/QM SCORES
Some facilities unintentionally overcode activities of daily living on the MDS when nursing staff does [...] - Resident Privacy:
HOW TO NEGOTIATE CONFLICTS BETWEEN OBRA AND HIPAA
On April 14, HIPAA officially joined OBRA in the long-term care arena and facilities are [...] - Survey Trends:
OIG REPORT MAY SPELL SURVEY RELIEF FOR FACILITIES
It's official: The survey system shows an unacceptable " wide variation" among states in the proportion [...] - Survey Trends:
AHCA CITES SPECIFIC REASONS FOR SURVEY INCONSISTENCIES
The American Health Care Association has identified for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...] - READER QUESTION:
Survey civil monetary penalties
Q: How long should a per diem civil monetary penalty be allowed to run in [...] - Fire Safety:
TAKE FIRE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WITH ALCOHOL HAND RUBS
Those alcohol hand gels are a great infection control tool, but they might also prove [...] - SURVEY & CLINICAL NEWS
CMS posts draft version of MDS 3.0. Check out the draft version of the MDS [...] - Quality of Care:
PERFORM THESE SAFETY CHECKS FROM YOUR DESK
You can actually perform some vital patient safety checks without ever leaving your computer or [...] - HIPAA Disclosure Worksheet
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