CMS: Test your emergency plans sooner rather than later
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a S&C letter regarding the training and testing components of the Emergency Preparedness... Read More
MLN Connects Call on Emergency Preparedness Final Rule 4/27/17
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sent out a S&C memo, “Save the Date – Medicare Learning Network (MLN) Conference... Read More
Help, my nursing home may end up in the SFF Program!
Help, my nursing home may end up in the SFF Program! Many nursing homes don’t know much about the Special Focus Facility... Read More
How Nursing Homes are Selected as Special Focus Facilities
In a recent blog post, we alerted you that CMS published an update for FY 2017 on the Special Focus Facility Program.... Read More
Adidas reminds us about “behaviors” and knowing our residents
Have you seen the Adidas video “Break Free” yet? If not, it’s a perfect reminder about how “behaviors” may not necessarily be... Read More
NYC Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness Webinar
CMS Compliance Group’s Jason Elizaitis, Technology and Risk Consultant, will be presenting on Emergency Preparedness Planning for Southern New York Association (SNYA)... Read More
CMS strengthens SFF program with FY 2017 Special Focus Facility S&C Memo
In a newly released S&C letter, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sets out the enhanced process in place for... Read More
Top Trending Nursing Home Deficiencies – 2017
Using the most recently available Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data from the end of February (2/28/17), we ran a quick... Read More