MDS Alert
Regulations:
Take Control Of Your RoP Compliance With This Phase 2 Checklist
Published on Thu Apr 13, 2017 
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Make sure you stay on top of all the new programs, forms, and systems. Phase 1 of the nursing home Requirements of Participation (RoP) implementation has come and gone, but there’s no time to relax. Phase 2’s deadline of Nov. 28, 2017 will be here before you know it. If you’re having trouble keeping the various requirements straight, reference this checklist of Phase 2 activities, provided by the Pennsylvania Health Care association and developed by the american Health Care association/national Center for assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL): Source: www.phca.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/RoP_Checklist_overview_FINAL_101416.pdf.
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