by Proactive LTC Consulting | Aug 5, 2026 | 5-Star, Nursing, Nursing Home Consultant, Quality, Regulatory, Survey
Risk Based Survey (RBS) Process Starts Sept. 8th— What you Need to Know The long-awaited Risk Based Survey (RBS) process will be launched nationwide beginning September 8, 2026. CMS began testing this process in 2023 in 22 states with over 100 facilities and found...
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Jul 15, 2026 | 5-Star, Clinical, Compliance, Mock Survey, Nursing, Nursing Home Consultant, Plan of Correction, QAPI, Regulatory, Survey
Common Reasons Plans of Correction (PoCs) Are Rejected Receiving a Statement of Deficiencies (CMS-2567) is stressful enough. Writing a Plan of Correction (PoC) that satisfies your state survey agency can be equally intimidating. Under CMS regulations (42 CFR...
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Jul 8, 2026 | 5-Star, Compliance, Documentation, F-Tag, Medicare, Medication, Mock Survey, Nursing, Nursing Home Consultant, Regulatory, Survey
F671 Compliance: Medication and Treatment Cart Oversight F 761 Labeling and Storage of Drugs and Biologicals has been cited in over 12% of all surveys through June 2026 with 1,850 deficiencies and currently ranks 5th in the overall deficiencies cited. This is a...
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Jul 1, 2026 | Accidents/Incidents, Audits, Compliance, Documentation, Falls, Medical Review, Medication, Nursing Home Consultant, Person Centered Care, QAPI, Quality, Survey
Top Nursing Documentation Mistakes Impacting Survey Outcomes—And How to Avoid Them Documentation has always been an essential part of resident care, but in today’s regulatory environment, it has become one of the most powerful pieces of evidence surveyors...
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Jun 24, 2026 | Compliance, Nursing Home Consultant, Quality, Survey
Q: We are in our survey window and some staff are nervous about surveyors observing care and asking them questions during survey. Do you have any tips to share for interacting with surveyors? A: Communicating with state surveyors can feel stressful and at times...
by Proactive LTC Consulting | Jun 10, 2026 | 5-Star, CMS, Compliance, Regulatory, Survey
Survey Updates: Scheduling, Revisits, Exit Conferences & More CMS recently issued updates that impact the survey process including new guidance regarding scheduling procedures, acceptable plans of correction, revisits, exit conferences and other areas....
