NEW ASSESSMENT ISSUED FOR NURSING HOMES

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued updated guidance that surveyors will use to evaluate nursing homes’ compliance with expanded facility assessment requirements included in the minimum staffing rule.

The guidance will be implemented starting on August 8. By this date, every federally funded nursing home in the US must complete a new facility assessment. This is the first step of the staffing mandate, with other potentially more controversial hiring requirements being phased in over the next two to five years.

“The assessment of the resident population should drive staffing decisions and inform the facility about what skills and competencies staff must possess in order to deliver the necessary care required by the residents being served”

CHUG provides long-term care organizations with expert coordination of evacuation, transportation, relocation and shelter-in-place services. We also offer our expertise with response and restoration services, including fire and water damage, mold remediation, infectious disease clean-up and catastrophic loss.
Become a member today >