Surveying Restraint Regulations in Hospitals or Nursing Homes - Part 2
In the previous article I listed for you the actual regulations that surveyors use regarding restraints in Hospitals and Nursing Homes. Lets look at what these regulations mean, i.e. - the guidance the Nursing Home and Hospital Surveyors use when doing a survey in a nursing home or hospital.
As you may realize as you read [...]
Surveying Restraint Regulations in Hospitals or Nursing Homes - Part I
There are Federal regulations for both hospitals and nursing homes that cover the use of restraints in both types of facilities. Nursing Home Surveyors and Hospital Surveyors use these regulations as they conduct Hospital Surveys and Nursing Home Surveys. The regulations and their accompanying guidance cover many pages of the interpretive guidelines that we have [...]
EMTALA and the Hospital Surveyor
Have you ever gone to a hospital emergency room and then been told you had to go to a different emergency room. Perhaps they told you to sign a paper because you had to go somewhere else because you couldn’t pay their rates and you could get “free care” somewhere else. You may have been [...]