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A Guide to Developing Resident Baseline Care Plans

The intent of F655 Baseline Care Plans is intended to promote continuity of care and communication among nursing home staff, increase resident safety, and safeguard against adverse events that may occur after admission, and to ensure the resident and representative, if applicable, are informed of the initial plan for delivery of care and services by receiving a written summary of the baseline care plan.The real issue is that nurses seem to have forgotten that care…

What You Need to Know Before Providing Outpatient Therapy at a SNF

Most skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have Medicare provider numbers that allow them to treat and bill both Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B patients. Often the therapists who treat the short term sub-acute rehab patients develop such a good rapport with their patients that the patients want to return for continued therapy after they are discharged home.Should the SNF provider allow patients to come from the community into the SNF for outpatient therapy treatments?…

F-Tags in Review: F800 Food and Nutrition Services

F-Tag 800 states: “The facility must provide each resident with a nourishing, palatable, well-balanced diet that meets his or her daily nutritional and special dietary needs, taking into consideration the preferences of each resident.” The facility must present residents with a nutritional meal that meets individual dietary requirements. The purpose is to maintain the resident’s weight or to increase/reduce their weight to retain a healthy lifestyle. Residents have the right to make choices regarding their…