[03/12/13]
Posted on March 12, 2013 in Long-Term Care, Home Health & Hospice
Written by: Selby, Todd J.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), in the March 8, 2013 Memorandum, issued new guidance specifying those tasks that can and cannot be delegated in skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) and nursing facilities (“NFs”). Physicians who improperly assign tasks to non-physician practitioners (“NPPs”) jeopardize the SNFs’ and NFs’ compliance with federal and state... READ MORE
Tags: cms, Litigation and Risk Management, long term care, medicaid, Medicare, nf, np, nursing home, physician, resident, selby, snf, snf/nf, supervision
[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
