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Transition to Payroll-Based Journal
Transition to Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) Staffing Measures on the Nursing Home Compare tool on Medicare.gov and the Five Star Quality Rating System
WOCN 50th Annual Conference
PADONA is not endorsing the conference, but making the information available to you.
PCOM NHA Continuing Education
Information is attached for the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Federal Regulations Update and Review (June 12 and 13, 2018) as well as the Nursing Home Administration 120 hour Course (March 6-June 26, 2018)
PADONA is not endorsing these, but making the information available to you
LeadingAge PA/PADONA Educational Series – Next Session on Tuesday, January 23rd
Kelly O'Neill and Barbara Stadelberger will address Resident Rights. They will address Beneficiary Notices, Personal Funds, Environment-safe/clean, & Resident Council.
News from PADONA
PADONA along with LeadingAge PA will be offering an educational series on Requirements of Participation for Nursing Homes, Phase 2 (RoPs), beginning Tuesday January 9th and then continuing biweekly on Tuesdays at 11:00am. This hour long series will help you gain an understanding of the Regulatory Requirements, discuss how to use the Critical Pathways to assure compliance and improve survey results, and Review examples of Practical Applications to achieve Regulatory Compliance. In the first session, Baker Tilly’s Director Clinical Advisory Services, Sophie Campbell will discuss Nursing Services – Sufficient and Competent Staff. Please look for the registration in coming weeks.
CMS Phase 2 Enforcement updates posted 11/24/2017
- Temporary moratorium on imposing certain enforcement remedies for specific Phase 2 requirements: CMS will provide an 18 month moratorium on the imposition of certain enforcement remedies for specific Phase 2 requirements. This 18 month period will be used to educate facilities about specific new Phase 2 standards.
- Freeze Health Inspection Star Ratings: Following the implementation of the new LTC survey process on November 28, 2017, CMS will hold constant the current health inspection star ratings on the Nursing Home Compare(NHC) website for any surveys occurring between November 28, 2017 and November 27, 2018.
- Availability of Survey Findings: The survey findings of facilities surveyed under the new LTC survey process will be published on NHC, but will not be incorporated into calculations for the Five-Star Quality Rating System for 12 months. CMS will add indicators to NHC that summarize survey findings.
- Methodological Changes and Changes in Nursing Home Compare: In early 2018, NHC health inspection star ratings will be based on the two most recent cycles of findings for standard health inspection surveys and the two most recent years of complaint inspections.
CMS Launch of Long-Term Care Survey memo dated 11/24/2017
- The new computer-based LTCSP will be effective November 28, 2017.
- Appendix P will no longer be available: Beginning with surveys occurring on November 28, 2017, Appendix P will no longer be accessible. The LTCSP procedure guide will replace Appendix P as the procedural and technical guide for conducting LTC standard surveys. Chapter 7 of the State Operations Manual (SOM) will be revised to include survey policy.
- Survey Resources: A link to resources surveyors will need to conduct LTC surveys will be made available on November 17, 2017. Surveyors must download items included on this link to their survey laptops by November 28, 2017.
CMS Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program Waiver and Appeal Requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is providing clarification regarding existing statutory and regulatory authority regarding waivers and appeals of NATCEP/CEP prohibition or loss.
CMS revised Policies for Immediate Imposition of Federal Remedies
This policy memo replaces S and C: 16-31-NH released July 22, 2016 and the revision on July 29, 2016:
Revisions to Chapter 7 of the State Operations Manual (SOM) (Attachment):
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revised guidance relating to the Immediate Imposition of Federal Remedies. Other sections of Chapter 7 have been revised to ensure consistency with these revisions.
Major revisions include:
We specify that when the current survey identifies Immediate Jeopardy (IJ) that does not result in serious injury, harm, impairment or death, the CMS Regions may determine the most appropriate remedy;
We clarified that Past Noncompliance deficiencies as described in SS7510.1 of this chapter, are not included in the criteria for Immediate Imposition of Remedies;
For Special Focus Facilities (SFFs), we now exclude any S/S level "F" citations under tags F812, F813 or F814 from the tags that require immediate imposition of remedies.
This memo is being released in draft. We seek comment on this policy by December 1, 2017
Program Memorandum No. 2017-04
Pressure Injury Reporting Online Education Now Available
On January 1, 2018, the new standards for Final Guidance for Pressure Injury Reporting Requirements under the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act will go into effect. This final guidance includes five principles that were jointly approved by the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Training is now available for all acute care licensed facilities in Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Officers, their designees, and others involved with event determination should complete training prior to January 1, 2018. If there are others within your organization who would benefit from completing this curriculum, please forward this invitation to them.
Program Memorandum No. 2017-04 describes the registration and sign-in process to access this education curriculum.
When you are ready to begin the curriculum, register or login at
http://ecrilearning.ecri.org/PAPSRS_ACUTE. It is recommended that you save this link to your favorites in your Internet browser. The link is also provided in the "Resource" tab on PA-PSRS.
Thank you,
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
Electronic Staffing Submission
Per CMS memo dated 9/25/2017
CMS will begin posting Payroll-Based Journal public use files which will be accessible at https://data.cms.gov/ on November 1, 2017.
The Nursing Home Compare website indicates whether providers have submitted data by the required deadline, and if providers have submitted, complete, incomplete, or inaccurate data.
We are updating the data submission specifications to give providers the ability to link employee IDs for an employee that has changed employee IDs within a facility and will post an updated PBJ policy manual and related information by October 1, 2017 at
Quality and Certification Oversight Reports (QCOR) website launch
Per memo dated 8/22/17: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is releasing information related to the new QCOR website in an overarching initiative for increased transparency.
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