Senator renews call for surveyor funding after staffing rule release
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 15, 2023
An influential senator is renewing his calls for increased funding for state survey agencies, following the release earlier this month of a federal staffing minimum that would require extensive on-site...
CMS doubles down: Surveyors do not have to be COVID vaccinated
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 07, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has held audiences with skilled nursing providers, made presentations and entertained comments in recent months to assure operators that regulatory actions...
CMS edicts bring tougher survey conditions to nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 15, 2021
More oversight is coming for nursing home providers after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services directed surveyors to take a more critical look at nurse competency and residents’ quality of care...
Surveyor ‘help’ leads to chaos
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 01, 2014
An Ohio nursing home says residents became defiant after speaking with a state inspector, leading the provider to file a lawsuit.
Ask the care expert … about hospice rules
By
Sherrie Dornberger
Dec 01, 2013
I heard the rules recently changed related to hospice. Do you know what will be included?
Avoid survey deficiencies through clear communication and honesty, former surveyor says
By
Ashley Carman
Jul 24, 2013
Long-term care providers should use surveys as an opportunity to showcase great care in their facilities, a former surveyor said in a McKnight’s webcast.
New bill would offer whistle-blower protections, training for nursing home surveyors
Oct 05, 2010
Recently introduced legislation would extend whistle-blower protections and training to surveyors of nursing homes.
GAO: States’ underreporting of nursing home deficiencies improving slightly
May 27, 2010
A new governmental report released Wednesday shows that federal nursing home surveyors continue to identify more deficiencies in care than state surveyors, but the discrepancy is shrinking.