The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services has issued a new provider letter to nursing facilities alerting them to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s (CMS) recent review of the Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP).
You may download the letter here. From the letter:
Among its findings, CMS reporting difficulty in evaluation nursing facility documentation regarding annual performance reviews and in-service training of Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs), as required by Section 191(b)(5) of the Social Security Act and 42 Code of Federation Regulations (CFR) 483.75(e) [F-Tag 497]. In only one facility was CMS able to verify, from in-service training and “sign-in sheets” and a master training list, that a randomly selected sample of CNAs had received the mandated performance reviews and in-service training.
