tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 35

Long-Term Care: CMS Letters To SNFs Not As Harsh As They Sound

SNFs shouldn't let the initial state survey notices send them on a wild goose chase.Alarmed by a notice about your state surveyor's findings? It may not be as bad as you think. An initial notice that apparently warns of remedies or termination if a facility doesn't correct noncompliance has been chronically confusing nursing homes, says the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The notice, which CMS sends to all homes regardless of surveyors' findings, arrives after a survey has been completed. Problem: Facilities have been mistaking the notice's language for bad news and have been jumping...

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