McKnight's April 26, 2024
In April 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the testing of a risk-based survey (RBS) that streamlines the standard recertification process for high-performing nursing homes. This appears to be a direct response to surveyor staffing shortages along with the absence of a budget increase to acquire the additional necessary staff.
The RBS will allow CMS to use data to “devote more time and resources to nursing homes with lower quality whose residents are at higher risk of harm.”
This shortened survey is still in the pilot phase, and little is known about the criteria by which nursing homes qualify for it. However, CMS indicates that a “history of fewer citations for noncompliance, higher staffing, fewer hospitalizations,...
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