Open Door Forum
The next CMS Skilled Nursing Facility Long Term Care Open Door Forum is scheduled for Thursday, March 1, 2012 from 2pm-3pm Eastern Standard Time.
This Forum will not be a telephone conference, but will be in the new format of an audio only streaming web forum.
Registration for audio only streaming web forum will open on February 23, 2012.
Latest Regulations
2012 MDS Assessment Scheduling Calendar
PPS OMRA Scheduler CMS calendar for scheduling EOT and COT OMRA MDS assessments
2012 OMRA and Therapy Explains details of assessment scheduling, EOT and COT OMRA and Therapy co-treatment and group allocation
Most Important Long Term Care Websites
MDS 3.0 Updates Links for CMS MDS 3.0 technical updates from the past two years
Skilled Nursing Facility Center Central CMS link for Billing and Payment, Manuals and Transmittals, Coverage, Contacts, Policies and Regulations, and Educational Resources
State Operations Manual Publication 100-07, Revised 2004 Certification standards for Medicare and Medicaid
Survey and Certification Protocols and Interpretive Guidelines used by personnel conducting surveys. Clarifies the intent of the regulations.
Other Long Term Care Regulatory Sites
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 42, Volume 3, Revised 2001 The requirements that an institution must meet in order to qualify to participate as a SNF in the Medicare program, and as a nursing facility in the Medicaid program. They serve as the basis for survey activities for the purpose of determining whether a facility meets the requirements for participation in Medicare and Medicaid.
HIPAA Administrative Simplification Regulation Text 45 CFR Parts 160, 162, and 164, March 2006, Complete version with table of contents, HIPAA survival guide, resources, toolkits
MDS 3.0 Training Materials Slides, videos, and tools related to the latest changes in the MDS, assessment regulations, and RAI manual changes
NANDA-I North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, Develops, classifies, and maintains standardized nursing terminology. Provides updates on new diagnoses. Accepts submissions of new nursing diagnoses.
National Council of State Boards of Nursing Maintains the Nursys database, which coordinates national publicly available nurse licensure information.
National Guideline Clearinghouse Objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines. Originally created by AHRQ in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans.
Nursing Home Compare This tool has detailed information about every Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing home in the country. Compares the quality of nursing homes using the Five-Star Quality Ratings, health inspection results.
OSHA Ergonomic Guidelines OSHA issued an ergonomics guideline for the nursing home industry on March 13, 2003. To develop the guidelines OSHA reviewed existing ergonomics practices and programs, State OSHA programs, as well as available scientific information.
