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We trace how OIG’s guidance elevates patient safety and quality from ideals to daily compliance work, and share lessons from Corporate Integrity Agreements that separate paper programs from living systems. Practical tools, clear dashboards, and a culture of “why” turn metrics into safer resident care. • OIG focus on quality and patient safety as compliance…

We unpack the OIG’s nursing facility guidance on compliance education and show how to move from generic modules to risk‑based, competency‑driven training that protects residents. We connect risk assessments, CMS alignment, and real‑world methods like Gemba rounds to build proof of learning and safer care. • annual, data‑driven risk assessment guiding training focus • tailoring…

We examine how the federal shutdown disrupts nursing home oversight, why CMS triaged surveys to emergencies, and the risks created by fewer inspectors and furloughed staff. We share steps facilities can take to protect residents, drawing lessons from the OIG’s pandemic report. • status of the shutdown and date context • CMS priorities for complaint…

https://oig.hhs.gov/documents/evaluation/9808/OEI-02-20-00492.pdf

OIG message for Medical Directors – Engagement https://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/workplan/summary/wp-summary-0000921.asp  

We examine how CMS F841 and new OIG oversight raise expectations for nursing home medical directors, demanding visible engagement, better policies, and data-informed leadership. We share field lessons on antipsychotics, facility assessment, and building dashboards that support real accountability. • CMS shifts from F501 to F841 and clarifies medical director duties • OIG focus on…

https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:US:e8d20324-d5c0-4e8f-96ea-ea918a44669e

The shifting landscape of long-term care staffing requirements has created significant uncertainty for healthcare facilities nationwide. This episode dives into the CMS minimum staffing standards announced in April 2024 and the dramatic congressional intervention that followed.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is taking steps to rescind the controversial federal staffing mandate for nursing homes.

On May 10, 2024, CMS published new regulations under §483.71, Facility Assessment, as part of the Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long Term Care (LTC) Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting final rule (89 FR 40876). These new provisions become effective 90 days after publication and must be implemented by August…