Skilled Nursing
Skilled nursing facilities offer round-the-clock care if someone is too sick to live on their own, or if they need to recover after having an illness or operation. Some people stay for a short time and then go home. Other people may be sicker and need care for a longer period of time. Nursing facilities are licensed by the state to provide nursing care, personal care and medical services.
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California Culture Change Coalition
• Link to the Person Directed Dining Pilot Project on the California Culture Change Coalition website.
Download Mary Tellis-Nayak's presentation from the 2008 Annual Conference:
• The Role of Nurses and Nursing Assistants in Leading Culture Change: "It's about the Workforce"
• CMS Quarterly Provider Update
• California Healthcare Foundation
• Fast Facts: Resources for Nursing Home Professionals
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS): From this page all information concerning recent regulations, program memorandums and policy transmittals can be accessed. In addition, the site contains the latest MDS and HIPAA information.
• MDS Correction Policy
• Minimum Data Set (MDS)
• Medicare and Medicaid Program Manuals & Memos
• QI Manual
• SNF Prospective Payment System
• State Operations Manual Includes Appendix P Survey Process and Certification Process
CMS Website - Links to Survey & Certification Sites
• Medicare Learning Network Education Articles
• Central Office Policy & Memos to States and Regions
• Certification and Compliance (By Provider/Supplier Type)
• Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
• CMS Forms
• Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
• Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) – Minimum Data Set (MDS)
State Operations Manual (SOM)
• Chapter 1: Program Background and Responsibilities
• Chapter 2: The Certification Process
• Chapter 3: Additional Program Activities
• Chapter 4: Program Administration and Fiscal Management
• Chapter 5: Complaint Procedures
• Chapter 6: Special Procedures for Laboratories
• Chapter 7: Survey and Enforcement Process for Skilled Nursing Facilities and Nursing Facilities
• Chapter 8: Standards and Certification
• Chapter 9: State Operation Manual Appendices
• Survey & Certification-Enforcement
Survey and Certification-General Information
• Survey & Certification Guidance to Laws & Regulations (By Provider/Supplier Type)
• Survey & Certification-Surveyor Training
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