Linda Elizaitis to speak at McKnight’s Super Tuesday webinar – April 17, 2012
CMS Compliance Group President Linda Elizaitis is the featured speaker for McKnight’s Long Term Care News April 2012 Super Tuesday Webinar. The event – “2012 Survey Update – the least you need to know”...
View ArticleNursing Home 2013-2014 Surveillance Objectives and Updates – Southern NY...
CMS Compliance Group President Linda Elizaitis will be speaking with NYSDOH’s Keith Servis, Director of the Center for Health Care Quality and Surveillance, Office of Health Systems Management and Rita...
View ArticleManaging the Survey Process in Your Nursing Home
Linda Elizaitis, President of CMS Compliance Group, discussed “Managing the Survey Process” for a LeadingAge New York audio conference for nursing home administrators, directors of nursing and other...
View ArticleCMS Letter: Updates to SOM Chapter 5 (April 19, 2013)
CMS issued a memorandum on April 19, 2013, “Update of State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapter 5, Complaint Investigation.” One of the key changes listed is that the requirement for conducting a full...
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Florida’s Proposed Assisted Living Bill – Heavy on Fines, Still Light on...
The requirements for certification surveys in assisted living facilities have always been far more lax than in nursing facilities where medical care is provided, and surveys occur like clockwork every...
View ArticleOIG releases FY 2015 Work Plan
Well, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has released its FY 2015 Work Plan, not even a year after its 2014 Work Plan was released in February of 2014. The reports, generally issued in November,...
View ArticleHome Health Agency surveyor training guidelines updated
In a September 11, 2015 CMS S&C letter, the Agency updates the guidelines for the Home Health Agency (HHA) Survey Protocols. CMS provides training on the use of these protocols that are used to...
View ArticleLife Safety Code Survey Forms – July 2018 update
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated the survey forms used for Health Care Life Safety Code Surveys as of July 2018. The updated documents can be found on the CMS Life...
View ArticleHow Would Your Nursing Facility Fare on a Weekend Survey?
According to a new QSO memo from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), some nursing homes are going to find out just how they would do with surveyors in their building over the...
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