Nursing Home Place in Immediate Jeopardy for Failure to Fit Test N95 Masks
In a survey completed in February 2021 of a nursing home in California the survey team cited the nursing home with F-Tag F 880 and placed...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 2 min
California Nursing Home Called Out for Insufficient COVID-19 Protocols
A nursing home in California received two F-Tags in a survey completed in November 2020 for violating F 836 and F 880, the latter of...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Nursing Home Placed in Immediate Jeopardy for Cold Temperature
In a survey of a California nursing home conducted in December 2020 the surveyor cited the facility as being in immediate jeopardy...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Nursing Home Fined over $85,000 for Failure to Address Suicidal Tendencies
A nursing home in Vermont was fined $85,940 in February, 2021 and placed in immediate jeopardy after a survey team found six deficiencies...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Failure to Notify Physician Leads to $300,000 Fine
A nursing home in Tennessee was fined nearly $300,000 after a survey revealed that the facility had failed to notify a resident’s...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Dead Bug Costs Nursing Home $38,925
Among other problems, a dead bug inside a nursing home in Kentucky resulted in a $38,925 fine being imposed for violating F-Tag F 584,...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 2 min
Length of Nursing Home Medicare/Medicaid Payment Denials Per State
Nursing home penalties can be classified in two different ways. One is monetary fines and the second is a denial of Medicare and Medicaid...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 3 min
How to Become a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in California
A certified nursing assistant (CNA) is a healthcare professional who provides hands-on care to patients under the supervision of a...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 2 min
The Cost of Healthcare Compliance
Healthcare compliance can be very costly, and some have even argued that some healthcare rules don’t even improve care. In a 2017 report,...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 3 min
What is Immediate Jeopardy?
In order to receive payments and remain certified under the Medicare and Medicaid programs all skilled nursing facilities (SNF’s) are...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 4 min
The Consequences of Healthcare Noncompliance
In order to receive payments and remain certified under the Medicare and Medicaid programs all skilled nursing facilities (SNF’s) are...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 3 min
What is HIPAA?
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was signed into law in 1996 and encompasses five different...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 2 min
What is an Intermediate Care Facility (ICF)?
An immediate care facility (ICF) provides long-term nursing and supportive care to individuals who are unable to care for themselves due...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 3 min
What is a RCFE?
RCFE is an acronym which stands for “Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly” and is a designation only used in California. These...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 5 min
AIT Program for Licensed Nursing Home Administers (LNHA's) in California
In California, in order to become a licensed nursing home administrator (LNHA) there are three threshold requirements: 1) you must be at...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 2 min
SNF Gets 10k Fine after Infectious Disease Outbreak
Note: the example cited in this blog isn’t designed to be accusatory and our policy is to avoid calling out providers by name. Rather,...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 2 min
What is a Receivership?
When a skilled nursing facility (SNF) is having financial difficulties it may choose to file for bankruptcy. The bankruptcy process...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 4 min
Skilled Nursing Facility Surveys
In order to receive payments and remain certified under the Medicare and Medicaid programs all skilled nursing facilities (SNF’s) are...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 3 min
Why is Healthcare Compliance so Important?
Healthcare compliance is the continuous process of adhering to laws, ethical rules, and professional norms on the part of a healthcare...
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Arash Jafari
- Jan 23
- 4 min
Regression Analysis with SNF Data
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) calculates overall ratings for a skilled nursing facility with their Five-Star...
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