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Posted on July 9, 2012

LTPAC Collaborative Releases 2012-2014 Health IT Road Map


Since 2005, a group of associations known as the Long Term and Post Acute Care (LTPAC) Health Information Technology Collaborative (the Collaborative) have hosted the annual LTPAC Health IT Summit to discuss and advance health IT issues for long LTPAC providers.  Following the Summit, the Collaborative publishes a Road Map that identifies the progress made in the past years and formalizes the priorities for the next 24 months.  The recently published Road Map details the areas LTPAC providers should focus their IT efforts for 2012 through 2014.    (Read more…)

Posted on July 6, 2012

CMS Releases 2012 Nursing Home Action Plan


The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just released the 2012 Nursing Home Action Plan; a guide for CMS’ efforts to continue to improve nursing home safety and quality.  The plan features 5 actionable strategies, including: enhance consumer engagement; strengthen survey processes, standards, and enforcement; promote quality improvement; create strategic approaches through partnerships; and advancing quality through innovation and demonstration.  (Read more…)

Posted on March 14, 2012

CMS Releases Waiver Guidance for Health Facilities use of 2012 LSC


As expected earlier this month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have just released guidance for health facilities wishing to utilize specific features now available in the 2012 Life Safety Code (LSC).  As previously discussed, the updated LSC provides new ways for nursing facilities to adopt a more home-like setting.

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Posted on February 28, 2012

CMS Expected to Release Guidance on New LSC Adoption Soon


The 2012 Life Safety Code (LSC) contains numerous provisions that address culture change in nursing facilities.  These new provisions are somewhat of a liberalization of standards to permit a more home-like environment for residents, rather than an institutional setting.  I am expecting the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to release a Survey & Certification Letter (S&C Letter) within the next few days that will permit facilities to adopt these new standards through a waiver process.   

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Posted on January 3, 2012

NLRB Again Postpones Notice Requirement


The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has again postponed the requirement for private employers to post notice of employee rights under the Nation Labor Relations Act (NLRA). See our previous analysis here, here, and here. Employers now have until April 30,2012 to post the required notice.  The board said it “has determined that postponing the effective date of the rule would facilitate the resolution of the legal challenges that have been filed with respect to the rule.”  These legal challenges include the targeted legislation previously discussed.

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Posted on November 21, 2011

NFPA Releases 2012 LSC


The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has recently released the 2012 Edition of the Life Safety Code (LSC).  Currently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) enforces the 2000 Edition of the LSC.  The updated LSC includes many changes for health facilities, and addresses cultural changes for nursing homes.  For instance, to move a nursing home to more of a home-like setting, certain provisions will allow some seating in corridors, cooking facilities open to the corridor, and gas fireplaces.  These additions are intended to improve nursing home design, but are subject to many requirements and restrictions contained in the LSC.

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