[10/15/12]
Posted on October 15, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Bufford, David W.
While hospices are required to ensure that substantially all core hospice services, including nursing services, are performed by hospice employees, hospices have been permitted to utilize contracted staff members to supplement hospice employees during periods of peak patient loads or extraordinary circumstances. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) agrees the nation-wide shortage of hospice nurses has... READ MORE
Tags: bufford, cms, deadline, Hospice, jent, Litigation and Risk Management, Long-Term Care, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, nurse, selby, state agency
[10/02/12]
Posted on October 2, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
On September 27, 2012, CMS issued an advance copy of the State Operations Manual (“SOM”) revisions to Appendix P of the SOM, which addresses Long-Term Care Facility survey protocol. The SOM guidance also makes changes to various survey forms resulting from the new quality measures reports. READ MORE
Tags: appendix p, long term care, mds, Medicaid/Medicare Enrollment and Regulatory Compliance, Medicare, som, state agency, state operations manual, survey, surveyors
[03/19/12]
Posted on March 19, 2012 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
As a means of improving care to residents residing in Medicare/Medicaid nursing facilities, CMS announced on March 15, 2012 an initiative to help reduce avoidable hospitalizations. Organizations interested in participating in this initiative must submit an application to CMS by June 14, 2012. The goal of the initiative is to improve care for residents... READ MORE
Tags: Affordable Care Act, avoidable, bufford, cms, grant, Home Health, hospital, initiative, jent, long term care, medicaid, Medicare, readmission, rehospitalization, resident, selby, state agency
