[05/22/14]
Posted on May 22, 2014 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
On May 16, 2014, CMS issued a Survey and Certification Transmittal (“Transmittal”) to the state survey agency directors providing infomation on how Medicare and Medicaid certifed long-term care facilities may obtain an extension of time for the installation of automatic sprinkler sytems. The Transmittal sets forth the procedures on how a nursing home may seek an... READ MORE
Tags: 42 cfr, cms, extension, installation, life safety code, long term care, Medicare, regulation, selby, snf, sprinkler, survey, survey agency
[08/06/13]
Posted on August 6, 2013 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
On August 2, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued an update to the State Operations Manual (“SOM”) regarding the process for notification of a facility closure. The updates to the SOM are the result of a final rule published in the Federal Register on March 19, 2013 and can be... READ MORE
Tags: 42 cfr, administrator, bufford, closure, cms, Long-Term Care, medicaid, Medicare, nf, selby, snf, som, state operations manual, survey agency, transmittal
[11/15/11]
Posted on November 15, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) just released a Survey & Certification Letter (S&C: 12-04-NH) to address a recent report of a nursing facility resident death due to a smoking accident. A resident who was deemed appropriate to smoke unsupervised, but failing to wear a smoking apron, died as the result of... READ MORE
Tags: 42 cfr, accident, bufford, cms, e-cigarretes, facility, life safety code, Litigation and Risk Management, long term care, lsc, medicaid, Medicare, nonsmoking, nursing home, oxygen, policy, procedure, regulation, resident, selby, Smoking, snf, supervision, survey, survey agency
[09/08/11]
Posted on September 8, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
CMS released a Survey & Certification letter today providing guidance for nursing homes that desire to utilize on-site gardens to provide fresh produce for residents. After numerous inquiries from facilities, CMS confirmed that residents can benefit from home-grown foods as long as food-borne illness dangers are mitigated to the greatest extent possible. READ MORE
Tags: 42 cfr, 483.35, borne, bufford, cms, f371, faciliity, food, fruit, garden, harvest, home, illness, jent, long term care, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, nursing, outbreak, s&c, sanitary condition, selby, skilled, vegetable, veggies
[08/16/11]
Posted on August 16, 2011 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
On July 29, 2011, CMS issued the following guidance for the use of video cameras in ICFs/MR: To ensure that clients’ rights are protected, the use of video cameras in the ICF/MR must be reviewed, approved and monitored by the Specially Constituted Committee (SCC) of the facility as constituted per 42 CFR 483.440(f)(3)(i-iii). If... READ MORE
Tags: 42 cfr, bufford, cameras, certification, client, cms, guidance, hall render, icf/mr, informed consent, jent, letter, long term care, provider, regulations, selby, survey, transmittal, video
