Nearly 20 percent of residents experience an adverse event within 30 days of discharge. Research shows that three-quarters of these discharges could have been prevented or improved.
According to Abby Sewell at the Los Angeles Times, L.A. County and State officials are “preparing to realign nursing home inspection and oversight duties as part of a drive to better manage a chronic backlog of investigations into complaints of abuse and neglect.”
Federal law requires states to ensure that Ombudsmen have access to long-term care facilities and residents, appropriate access to review the medical and social records of a resident, as specified, and access to other specified records of residents and the facility.
Operation Guardians was established in March 2000 as a project of the California Department of Justice. It is a multi-agency task force established and led by the Attorney General to conduct surprise, on-site inspections of California’s skilled nursing home facilities.
The False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq., provides liability for triple damages and a penalty ranging from $5,500 to $11,000 per claim for anyone who knowingly submits or causes the submission of a false or fraudulent claim to the United States.
A conflict of interest occurs when an individual has multiple interests, one of which could motivate the individual to act in a manner that negatively impacts the other interest. A conflict of interest is not always easy to identify and can be created unintentionally.
Marketing is a two-way street – what you give out in order to market yourselves can be just as damaging as things that you receive when you are being marketed to by vendors.
Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) in California have a unique set of rules and regulations to comply with. The heavy oversight of SNFs can produce a very stressful workplace for employees, which is why it is so important for facilities to promote a positive and supportive work environment for its employees.
In March 2010, the Affordable Care Act allowed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) guidelines in order to continuously expand the level and scope of performance improvement in nursing homes.
We always receive questions regarding the transmission of protected health information (PHI), especially of electronic protected health information (ePHI) on mobile devices. This article will provide some guidance on procedures that are easy to follow to ensure that the Facility is securely transmitting its PHI to the best of its ability.
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