Understanding Complex Regulations
There has been a major overhaul of CMS Regulations, the largest in recent history. LNCS understands that it can be difficult to decipher all of the regulatory language. CMS expects every nursing home to know these regulations which can be a daunting task. We don’t want you to do it alone! Lifelong can provide the clarification necessary to give you an interpretation of complex regulatory provisions.
Updates
- Medicaid and CHIP Beneficiary Resource Page: A webpage designed for people enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP to help them prepare to renew their coverage when states restart eligibility renewals after the end of the Public Health Emergency.
ABN Form Renewal
The Office of Management and Budget approved the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) (Form CMS-R-131 (ZIP)) and instructions (PDF) for renewal. You (Provider) must use the renewed form with the expiration date of June 30, 2023, beginning August 31.
Get involved:
YOU TOO CAN HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD IN THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS DECISION MAKING PROCESS BY PROPOSING A RULE. GO TO REGULATIONS.GOV
LATEST PROPOSED RULE
Medicare Program: Prospective Payment System and Consolidated Billing for Skilled Nursing Facilities; Quality Reporting Program and Value-Based Purchasing Program; Long-Term Care Facilities to Establish Mandatory Minimum Staffing Levels (CMS-1765-P)
Improve Your Rating
Some of the key ways your facility can improve its star rating is to improve health inspection outcomes, stabilize staffing, and work on the Quality Measure and CASPER Report.
Health Inspections
- Identify any areas of concern through QAPI (quality assurance and performance improvement) process including identifying the initial cause of other contributing factors.
- Perform thorough compliance reviews to validate any POC (plan of correction) remains in place on a consistent basis.
We help your facility identify how your staff thinks and behaves, as well as why your facility functions as it does. We believe that careful diagnosing of behaviors throughout the organization will create capability for your facility to overcome barriers and ensure leadership is accountable for change. LNCS offers a unique combination of clinical, regulatory, operational, and educational expertise geared toward the delivery of resident surveys and is designed to comply with CMS. Our goals are to improve your processes, systems, and resource utilization to increase your facility’s profitability ultimately resulting in excellent resident and survey outcomes. If you are seeking to radically improve your facility’s performance that will result in large scaled and long-term changes, request a consultation today