States now required to conduct at least 50% of off-hour surveys on weekends

May 10, 2019 | Survey & FTags for Staffing

States now required to conduct at least 50% of off-hour surveys on weekends for facilities with potential staffing issues

A list of facilities with potential staffing issues is being provided to CMS regional offices and state survey agencies to support survey activities for evaluating sufficient staffing, according to a memo released by CMS back in November, 2018. The memo states that “while CMS is encouraged by facilities’ efforts to improve staffing,” payroll based journal (PBJ) data has raised a few concerns, prompting them to inform state survey agencies of facilities with potential staffing issues.

These issues include facilities with significantly low nurse staffing levels on weekends and facilities with several days in a quarter without an RN onsite.

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Post-Acute Advisor

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May 10, 2019

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Hurlburt, Amanda. “States Now Required to Conduct at Least 50% of Off-Hour Surveys on Weekends for Facilities with Potential Staffing Issues.” The Post-Acute Advisor, 10 May 2019, postacuteadvisor.blr.com/2019/01/25/states-now-required-to-conduct-at-least-50-of-off-hour-surveys-on-weekends-for-facilities-with-potential-staffing-issues.

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