From the Introduction: “This toolkit aims to [provide] an overview of fundamental ethical principles and decision-making frameworks tailored to PALTC settings. Designed for nursing home medical directors and other members of the interdisciplinary care team, it offers practical strategies for navigating ethical challenges, supporting staff in ethical decision-making, and fostering …
SNF checklist for reducing hospital readmissions: Preventable Readmissions Top Ten Checklist
In the Water-related Healthcare Outbreak Response Tool, you will find key considerations for investigating an outbreak and identifying possible exposures, coordinating with essential partners, and implementing targeted interventions to stop transmission. This tool is hospital-focused but often applicable to nursing homes. Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/healthcare-associated-infections/php/toolkit/water-management.html
From Moving Forward: Nursing homes continue to face real challenges building leadership capacity and sustaining meaningful Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) work amid staffing shortages, leadership turnover, and competing demands. The Moving Forward Michigan initiative was designed to test a practical, affordable approach to strengthening leadership skills and QAPI …
Overview This job aid provides the steps involved to onboard the Provider Security Official (PSO) Role in iQIES. ● For detailed information on onboarding, refer to iQIES Onboarding Guide. ● For detailed information about user roles, refer to User Roles Matrix on the iQIES Help page. ● A red asterisk …
Every month, AAPACN experts design tools that help our members perform their jobs with more ease, breaking down processes, synthesizing information, and aiding in ways to track required data. To help directors of nursing services (DNSs) easily find what they need fast, AAPACN has put together the following list of …
Reminder: Upcoming Deadline for Sprinkler System Requirement for Existing Health Care Occupancies in High-Rise Buildings Memo # QSSAM-26-02-ALL Posting Date 2026-03-09 Fiscal Year 2026 Downloads Memorandum Summary • This memorandum is intended to remind CMS-certified facilities classified by the Life Safety Code (LSC) as existing heath care occupancies and located …
Emergency Preparedness for Every Emergency Effective Health Care Provider Emergency Planning Sound, timely planning provides the foundation for effective emergency management. The response to an emergency can impact an entire community and can involve numerous medical and public health entities, including health care provider systems, public health departments, emergency medical services, …
The NEW FileSpecVersion 4.10.0 was originally scheduled to be effective on March 22, 2026. The NEW effective date is April 1, 2026. If you submit files using fileSpecVersion 4.10.0 before April 1st, the file will be rejected. Manual entry of staffing hours will continue to allow up to a maximum …
This job aid outlines the user roles and privileges in iQIES. All users must have a role in iQIES. iQIES User Roles Matrix Job Aid v5.0 (posted 03/03/2026) From https://qtso.cms.gov/software/iqies/reference-manuals
