Last Friday, CMS issued a memo to State Survey Agency Directors directing increased scrutiny of Nursing Homes. According to Mcknight’s, this means:
“Surveyors are being directed to place special attention on things such as nurse staff abilities and actions, use of antipsychotics and areas of care where residents’ health and safety may be at an increased risk. That means having a more critical eye on unplanned weight loss, loss of function/mobility, depression, abuse/neglect or pressure ulcers.”
CMS is using a stick to incentivize State Survey Agencies into action: “States that fail to perform these survey activities “timely and completely” could forfeit up to 5% of their Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act allocation, annually, CMS said.”
Get ready for some crazy surveys.
