Answering Kathy’s Question about Surveying Restraints in a Nursing Home or Hospital
Kathy left a comment with some questions that I am going to address in my post today, instead of in the comments. She has some valid questions, and I hope this will help Kathy, as well as anyone else with the same concern, understand why a nursing home and hospital surveyor asks the questions they do and what [...]
How A Nursing Home Surveyor Conducts The Nursing Home Survey - Part 5
After the nursing home survey team has finished with the survey, the members will then write the issues they found. This writing is done on the “Statement of Deficiencies”, commonly referred to as the “2567″. The number “2567″ refers to the number CMS has assigned to the statement of deficiencies form.
The statement of deficiencies is [...]
How a Nursing Home Surveyor Conducts The Nursing Home Survey - Part 4
I discussed with you a bit about the Tasks one expects to see a nursing home surveyor conduct during a “QIS” nursing home survey. Those tasks are different than those conducted in a traditional nursing home survey. A nursing home surveyor will have 7 tasks in a traditional survey.
Task 1: Offsite Survey Preparation. This is [...]