Fire Marshal Offering Webinar on Emergency Preparedness Rules
The OSFM will host a webinar over the recent Emergency Preparedness Rule multiple times over the next several weeks. The webinar will last approximately 1.5 hours and questions can be submitted in a chat...
KDADS September Stakeholder Meeting
KDADS held a monthly stakeholder meeting with representatives of LeadingAge Kansas, Kansas Health Care Association, Kansas Adult Care Executives, Kansas Hospital Association and the Long Term Care Ombudsman. The following information was shared:
Surveys...
Refrigerators in Resident Rooms
The Office of the State Fire Marshal recently received a question about the use of personal refrigerators in resident rooms under the life safety code. The Fire Marshal posed the question to CMS and...
CMS Releasing PBJ Data to Public November 1st
CMS has issued S&C 17-45-NH announcing its plans to make Payroll-Based Journal (PBJ) public. On November 1st, CMS will post a public use file on https://data.cms.gov with PBJ staffing data timely submitted for CY 2017 quarters 1 and 2....
Need to Know Information: New Survey Process Information Available on the CMS Website
This site is full of great information that nursing home members can use to prepare for the new survey process that will take effect on November 28, 2017.
Main Survey Website
Entrance Conference and Facility...
Survey and Enforcement Data Now Available to Public
In an effort to increase transparency, CMS has launched a new website that makes national survey and enforcement data easily accessible. The Quality and Certification Oversight Reports (QCOR) allows users to find data and trends for...
Kansas Leads Nation in Immediate Jeopardy Citations
As of July, 2017, Kansas far surpasses every other state in the country when it comes to immediate jeopardy citations. Nursing Home Compare data shows that quality measures in Kansas nursing homes are comparable...
CMP Trends for Kansas Nursing Homes
According to data now publicly available through CMS’ Quality and Certification Oversight Reports website, nursing home CMPs have increased almost 9,000% between the years 2012 and 2016.
The rate of CMPs has slowed down some in 2017,...
New CMS Midwest Division Provider Update Newsletter
The September issue of the CMS Midwest Division Provider Update is now available.
CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule Update
CMS has developed the new Emergency Preparedness Training Online Course which is available online 24/7. This course is required for all State Survey Agency and Regional Office surveyors and reviewers who conduct or review...
Who Can Perform Fire Door Inspections?
The Office of the State Fire Marshal encourages providers to review an article written by NFPA about further clarification on who can and cannot do the fire door inspections.
OIG Releases Report on KDADS Survey and Certification Program
Kansas Did Not Always Verify Correction of Deficiencies Identified During Surveys of Nursing Homes Participating in Medicare and Medicaid
What OIG Found
The State agency did not always verify nursing homes’ correction of deficiencies identified during...