by Proactive LTC Consulting | Jun 18, 2025 | Care Planning, Clinical, Compliance, QAPI, Regulatory, Survey
QAPI & Health Equity: What New Surveyor Guidance Means for Nursing Homes If you’ve worked in long-term care for more than a minute, you understand that QAPI is the backbone of quality improvement. But there’s a new layer added with the recent CMS... by Proactive LTC Consulting | Jun 11, 2025 | Clinical, Compliance, F-Tag, Nursing, Survey
F761 – Maintaining Compliance through Strong Partnerships Maintaining compliance with F761 – Storage and Labeling of Drugs and Biologicals requires ensuring medications are properly stored, secured, and destroyed based on state and federal guidelines.... by Proactive LTC Consulting | Jun 4, 2025 | Compliance, Elopement, Falls, Pressure Ulcers, QAPI, Quality, Regulatory, Survey
Learning from Adverse Events & Incidents Studies show that nearly one in three skilled nursing facility residents experience an adverse event during their stay, with approximately 60% of these events being potentially preventable. Adverse events in skilled... by Proactive LTC Consulting | May 28, 2025 | Clinical, Compliance, F-Tag, Pharmacy, Regulatory, Survey
Q: What are the most common reasons for the citing of F761 – Storage of Drugs and Biologicals? A: In Appendix PP the regulatory guidance for F761 is as follows: §483.45(g) Labeling of Drugs and Biologicals Drugs and biologicals used in the facility must be... by Proactive LTC Consulting | May 21, 2025 | Behavioral Health, Coding, Compliance, Infection Prevention, Physicians, Survey
Fresh Take on Medical Director Oversight in LTC: F841 Compliance & Schizophrenia Diagnosis Standards Recent updates to the Appendix PP guidance for F841, along with heightened focus on accurate schizophrenia diagnoses, place renewed emphasis on the medical... by Proactive LTC Consulting | Apr 30, 2025 | 5-Star, Legal, Regulatory, Survey
Q: What are some scenarios in which an IDR (Informal Dispute Resolution) might be requested? A: The IDR process gives nursing facilities one informal opportunity to dispute cited deficiencies after any survey of Federal requirements for participation. The...