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Watch for a Quality Indicator Survey coming near you
This year will see the expansion of a federal demonstration program that could lead to greater consistency and, hopefully, improvement in the state...
Nursing Homes, 01/01/08 by Reta A. Underwood · More from publication -
Q's and A's about the new Psychosocial Outcome Severity Guide
CMS's new Psychosocial Outcome Severity Guide (PSG) became effective June 1, 2006. Here are some questions you may have about it, and answers that...
Nursing Homes, 09/01/06 by Reta A. Underwood · More from publication -
Beyond the survey checklist
Findings from yet another report should continue to diminish our dependence on the current survey process and its questionable outcomes. After...
Nursing Homes, 05/01/06 by Reta A. Underwood · More from publication -
Don't fool with mother nature
The record hurricane season of 2004 might have been just the beginning. Forecasters predict the Atlantic seaboard could be in for decades of...
Nursing Homes, 11/01/05 by Reta A. Underwood · More from publication -
Good reasons to take elder abuse seriously
As an industry that will forever experience the fallout from abuse citations and the ever-increasing demands and expectations of its consumers to...
Nursing Homes, 09/01/05 by Reta A. Underwood · More from publication -
Are you aware of these new survey requirements?
In the past few months we have encountered much "to do" regarding the changes in F-tag 314 Pressure Ulcers; however, little has been said regarding...
Nursing Homes, 05/01/05 by Reta A. Underwood · More from publication -
Preparing for CMS's continence care revisions: how to get a head start on the new requirements in this key area
On March 10, 2005, Thomas E. Hamilton, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service's (CMS) director of survey and certification, issued a...
Nursing Homes, 05/01/05 by Reta A. Underwood · More from publication -
Time for a year-end review
This year it's been difficult to find a magazine, association, or government agency that hasn't been talking up long-term care quality--although...
Nursing Homes, 11/01/04 by Reta A. Underwood · More from publication -
Demystifying documentation
Why does our industry remain so mystified, if not completely psyched out, by documentation? It's amazing to me to see the resources dumped into...
Nursing Homes, 09/01/04 by Reta A. Underwood · More from publication -
Correcting those nutritional deficiencies
In reviewing government and industry reports benchmarking LTC quality of care, one sees that percentages rule--percentages of residents impacted by...
Nursing Homes, 05/01/04 by Reta A. Underwood · More from publication
