by Proactive LTC Consulting | Jan 21, 2026 | 5-Star, Clinical, Compliance, Mock Survey, Nursing Home Consultant, QAPI, Regulatory, Survey
Strengthen Your Health Inspection Rating — Don’t Leave Stars to Chance The CMS 5-Star Quality Rating System can feel daunting, and few areas cause more stress than the Health Inspection domain. Health Inspection outcomes are a reflection of how care is...
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Dec 17, 2025 | Care Planning, Clinical, Nursing, QAPI, Quality
F698 Dialysis: Nursing Home Quality Assurance for ESRD Residents on Dialysis How effectively is your facility monitoring dialysis services to ensure regulatory compliance? Consider these guidelines as part of your Quality Assurance (QA) process… Appendix...
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Dec 10, 2025 | Care Planning, Clinical, F-Tag, Mock Survey, Nursing, QAPI, Quality, Regulatory, Survey
F695 Respiratory Care: QA Review of Residents on Oxygen Ensuring safe, consistent, and compliant oxygen therapy is a critical responsibility in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). As of the 2025 survey year, F695 Respiratory Care remains one of the top ten most...
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Nov 12, 2025 | Care Planning, Documentation, Medication, Pain, QAPI, Quality, Survey
F697 Pain Management Updates: What SNFs Need to Know Managing pain effectively isn’t just about comfort — it’s a core component of quality care and compliance in post-acute care environments. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently updated F697...
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Oct 1, 2025 | Compliance, Infection Prevention, Nursing, QAPI, Quality, Survey
Rounding for Outcomes for Nurse Leaders Compliance rounds can be instrumental to ensuring accountability, improving resident outcomes, and supporting QAPI initiatives. Rounding consistently and with purpose ensures that care processes meet regulatory standards...
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Sep 10, 2025 | 5-Star, Compliance, Falls, MDS, QAPI, Quality Measure, VBP
BIG Changes to the Falls with Major Injury QM: What Changed and Why it Matters In the ever changing environment of quality reporting in healthcare, few metrics carry more weight than the Falls with Major Injury (FMI) measure. The Falls with Major Injury (FMI)...
