tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 44

Long-term Care: Revamped Nursing Home Compare Coming Soon

Feds promise many more clarifications at upcoming November meeting.Heads up, long-term care facilities: There are two new regulatory changes to get up to speed on. Nursing Home Compare is introducing a new quality measure this month, and the feds are also rolling out new survey interpretive guidelines for pressure ulcers. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services confirmed the timeframe for the new changes at the Skilled Nursing Facility/Long-Term Care Open Door Forum held Oct. 28.The quality-monitoring shifts mean you must quickly contend with two important changes sure to affect how consumers (and trial lawyers) view...

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