How A Hospital Surveyor Conducts The Hospital Survey - Part 1
In the previous post we started discussing aspects of the hospital survey and how the nursing home and hospital surveyor starts to prepare for the survey. We will continue with a discussion of the tasks (steps).
The hospital survey has 6 “tasks”. These are:
Task 1 Off-Site Survey Preparation
Task 2 Entrance Activities
Task 3 Information Gathering/ Investigation
Task 4 [...]
How a Hospital Surveyor Prepares For A Hospital Survey
Before a surveyor and the survey team enter a hospital or nursing home they must prepare paperwork, review records, and get a general idea of what the facility is like. The State Operations Manual describes how the surveyors are to prepare for the surveys. Hospital Surveys and Nursing Home Surveys have different steps, called “Tasks”. [...]
Nursing Home And Hospital Surveyors Look For Immediate Jeopardy - Part 2
In the previous post we started talking about Immediate Jeopardy. There are some triggers which, when seen, should clue the hospital and nursing home surveyor or survey team into looking further to see if there is an IJ situation. Although CMS doesn’t consider the triggers to be all inclusive, they are a good starting point. [...]
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