Know the New CMS Survey Process
Instructor:
Carmen Bowman
Product ID: 705762
- Duration: 90 Min
Why Should You Attend:
CMS issued the Reform of Requirements for LTC Facilities: Final Rule in 2016 with some requirements due at that time known as Phase I. Phase 2 is in effect as of Nov. 28, 2017 and Phase 3 comes in 2019. An entirely new survey process also came into being Nov. 28, 2017.
Attend this webinar to understand what are the components and changes happened in the new survey process, survey resources and helpful tips for managing the survey. It will be give an overview of the survey process changes, tips for managing the survey from a former surveyor and now “regulator turned educator.” You will not be dependent upon others to tell you what is happening during a survey plus sometimes the people you ask don’t really know. Be the one who knows! You will feel stronger in your daily work especially when surveyors show up. In fact, be encouraged to “be your own surveyor.”
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
- The CMS New Survey Processes: Order of Survey and Facility Tasks
- The Critical Element Pathways: 44 Critical Element Pathways (surveyors will be using during survey regarding sample residents)
- The various survey resources CMS has made will be shared
Who Will Benefit:
Any person working in or with a nursing home
- Nurses
- Nursing assistants
- Dietitians
- Dietary managers
- Therapists
- Administrators
- Social workers
- Activity professionals
- Recreation therapists, etc.
Carmen Bowman
Consultant, Edu-Catering
Carmen Bowman is a consultant, trainer, author and owner of Edu-Catering: Catering Education for Compliance and Culture Change turning her former role of regulator into educator. Carmen was a Colorado state surveyor for nine years, a policy analyst with CMS Central Office where she taught the national Basic Surveyor Course and the first certified activity professional to be a surveyor. As a contractor to CMS, Carmen co-developed the Artifacts of Culture Change measurement tool, authored the background papers for and facilitated both Creating Home national symposiums sponsored by CMS and the Pioneer Network. She facilitated the Pioneer Network Task Forces that developed the new Dining Practice Standards and subsequent Toolkit. She serves on the Pioneer Network Policy committee which meets with CMS Division of Nursing Homes quarterly. She co-authored The Power of Language to Create Culture, Eliminating Alarms and Preventing Falls by Engaging with Life, and facilitated the first Surplus Safety Symposium. Carmen has a Master's degree in Healthcare Systems, a Bachelor's in Social Work and German, is a Certified Eden Associate and Eden Mentor, Certified Validation Worker, Group Practitioner and recently Presenter. She co-founded the Colorado Culture Change Coalition, and with Action Pact has authored eight culture change workbooks plus hosts a monthly web culture change talk show called Conversations with Carmen. Currently she is writing her ninth book for Health Professions Press Changing Culture with Little Worry about Money or Regulation.
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