[06/28/19]
Posted on June 28, 2019 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
A new Indiana law imposes several written disclosure requirements that health facilities must provide to prospective residents. The new Indiana law also includes requirements to follow when developing and executing a resident care plan. New Written Disclosures to Prospective Residents The new Indiana law requires that health facilities provide written disclosures on the following... READ MORE
Tags: ADMISSION AGREEMENT, care plan, DEFICIENCIES, deficiency, Indiana, long term care, nursing, nursing home, OMBUDSMAN, POLICIES, policy, POST ACUTE CARE, SKILLED NURSING, State survey agency, survey, surveyors
[01/20/17]
Posted on January 20, 2017 in Health Law News, Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Published by: Hall Render
Review of the New Home Health Conditions of Participation – Release of Patient Identifiable OASIS information, Reporting OASIS Information and Comprehensive Assessment of Patients; and Care Planning, Coordination of Services and Quality of Care. This is the second article in a series discussing CMS’s Final Revised Home Health Conditions of Participation (“Final CoPs”). With... READ MORE
Tags: care plan, Care Planning, cms, Comprehensive Assessment of Patients, Conditions of Participation, Coordination of Services, Final Conditions of Participation, final CoP, hha, Home Health, home health agency, home health conditions of participation, home health CoP, home health regulations, OASIS, plan of care, Quality of Care, Release of Patient Identifiable Information, Release of Patient Identifiable OASIS Information, Reporting OASIS Information, Verbal orders, Written Information to the Patient
[07/09/12]
Posted on July 9, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report this morning detailing issues found in the use of antipsychotics in nursing facilities. Utilizing a sample of records from January through June of 2007, the OIG found over 99% of records reviewed failed to meet one or more Federal requirements. READ MORE
Tags: abuse, antipsychotic, assessment, bufford, care, care plan, cms, federal, jent, long term care, medicaid, Medicare, nf, noncompliance, nursing home, oig, reduce, regulation, reimbursement, report, resident, selby, skilled nursing facility, snf
