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Understanding the July 2023 Regulatory Changes for PA SNFs

Do you have the right people in place to initiate and enforce the updated regulations that will impact Pennsylvania skilled nursing facilities starting July 1, 2023? Pennsylvania will be rolling out the newly revised Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulatory changes which will begin being enforced on July 1, 2023. These proposed changes, which have been evolving since July 2021, were adopted by the PA Department of Health (DOH) in December 2022. These…

F-Tags in Review: Avoid the “Red Hand” of Abuse and Neglect

Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) added a “red hand” icon  to the nursing facility’s profile page on the Nursing Home Compare website. This “red hand” icon indicates if a facility has been cited for abuse under Code of Federal Regulations §483.12 Freedom from Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation. Currently, there are more than 700 nursing facilities across the country who show this icon on their Nursing Home Compare profile page. As CMS explains, this icon is…

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…