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This week’s Ftag of the Week is F551 Rights Exercised by Representative, which is part of the Resident Rights regulatory group. This regulation addresses the resident’s right to designate a representative and this depends on the resident’s competency to consent or not....

Ftag of the Week – F602 Free from Misappropriation/ Exploitation

11 Oct 2019

Brandie Elizaitis, MS, CDP, CDS, Director of Operations

This week’s Ftag of the Week is part of a regulatory group that is getting a lot of attention – Freedom from Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation. F602 Free from Misappropriation/Exploitation states that residents have the right to be free from misappropriation of...

October 2019 Changes to Nursing Home Compare and Five Star Rating

09 Oct 2019

Brandie Elizaitis, MS, CDP, CDS, Director of Operations

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two QSO memos on Monday, October 7, 2019. The second QSO memo, “Updates to Nursing Home Compare website and the Five Star Quality Rating System,” is not receiving as much attention as the...

Facilities will be flagged for abuse and neglect on Nursing Home Compare

09 Oct 2019

Brandie Elizaitis, MS, CDP, CDS, Director of Operations

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two new QSO memos on Monday, October 7, 2019. The first memo, “Consumer Alerts added to the Nursing Home Compare website and the Five Star Quality Rating System,” states that CMS will be...

Updated PDPM Grouper Package (10/7/19) released

08 Oct 2019

Brandie Elizaitis, MS, CDP, CDS, Director of Operations

Via the CMS.gov MDS 3.0 webpage: October 7, 2019 A revision to the PDPM DLL Package (V1.0003 FINAL) was posted, and the previous version (V1.0002 FINAL) was removed. This version corrects four bugs that were identified after the V1.0002 release. The package...

Ftag of the Week – F810 Assistive Devices – Eating Equipment/Utensils

04 Oct 2019

Brandie Elizaitis, MS, CDP, CDS, Director of Operations

This week’s Ftag of the Week is F810 Assistive Devices – Eating Equipment/Utensils, which is part of the Food and Nutrition Services regulatory group. F810 requires nursing facilities to provide any special eating equipment and utensils that a resident needs to maintain...

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Ftag of the Week – F551 Rights Exercised by Representative

Ftag of the Week – F602 Free from Misappropriation/ Exploitation

October 2019 Changes to Nursing Home Compare and Five Star Rating

Facilities will be flagged for abuse and neglect on Nursing Home Compare

Updated PDPM Grouper Package (10/7/19) released

Ftag of the Week – F810 Assistive Devices – Eating Equipment/Utensils

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