Nursing home federal requirements : guidelines to surveyors and survey procedures / James E. Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, James E. (James Elmore), 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing homes--Law and legislation--United States.

Nursing homes.

Medicaid--Law and legislation.

Medicaid.

Medicare--Law and legislation.

Medicare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (614 p.)

Edition:

7th ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""[The book] lists all the federal requirements that are evaluated by state surveyors during the annual survey visit to nursing homes and for complaint visits. The exhibit section contains forms used by surveyors to gather data during the survey visit. Visually, the format makes the regulations easy to read. If nursing home staff used the book to prepare for a survey, they would be well prepared."" Marcia Flesner , PhD, RN, MHCA. University of Missouri-Columbia. From Doody's Review. The Federal government, together with more than 50 advocacy groups, has spent the past 40 years writing and

Contents:

pt. 1. State operations manual

pt. 2. Rules for conducting the survey

pt. 3. Summary of the federal requirements for long term care facilities

pt. 4. CMS forms used by surveyors.

Notes:

"A user-friendly rendering of the Health Care Financing Administration's nursing home inspection requirement." -- T.p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-96676-6

9786612966767

0-8261-0792-3

OCLC:

699475335