Is your physician putting you out of compliance by not visiting their patients timely?  It’s pretty common for nursing homes to have to remind their docs several times that it’s time to see their nursing home patients.  Many physicians get so busy with their own practices, they simply put the nursing home on the back burner. This is something you must keep on top of.  Usually, this task is assigned to the Medical Records...

Here is a list I put together of our federal regulations or F-tags.  There are a couple of nice lists online already, but they haven’t been recently updated. These are current as of January 15, 2010. Click below for a .pdf: F-Tag List for Nursing Homes Good luck! Share this:FacebookShareStumbleUponDiggEmailRedditPrint

If you have recently accepted a new facility, one of the first things you need to do is review their discharge policy and the discharge letter/notification they are using - if they are using one at all. Many facilities do not have a standard template for an involuntary discharge letter.  When they do send a letter, it is usually generated by the Business Office Manager or Social Services Director who usually hasn’t had access to and...

Taken From the State Operations Manual Appendix PP – Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities  F151 §483.10(a) Exercise of Rights §483.10(a)(1) The resident has the right to exercise his or her rights as a resident of the facility and as a citizen or resident of the United States. §483.10(a)(2) The resident has the right to be free of interference, coercion, discrimination, and reprisal from the facility in exercising...

Taken From the State Operations Manual Appendix PP – Guidance to Surveyors for Long Term Care Facilities F150 §483.5 Definitions (a)Facility defined. For purposes of this subpart “facility” means, a skilled nursing facility (SNF) or a nursing facility (NF) which meets the requirements of §§1819 or 1919(a), (b), (c), and (d) of the Social Security Act, the Act. “Facility” may include a distinct part of an institution...