KHCA/KCAL Update 11/25/24

November 25, 2024

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Clinical Update from KHCA Consultant Linda Farrar

By now, most providers are aware of the SIGNIFICANT changes to Appendix PP that were released last week to be implemented on February 25, 2025. As previously discussed, CMS is serious about reducing the use of psychotropic medications. Well, one of the changes focuses on that emphasis. F758 will be deleted and moved to F605. Currently 11.5% of facility standard surveys result in an F758 deficiency. By deleting F758 and placing the regulatory language in F605, all of those facilities will be cited for an abuse and neglect deficiency, resulting in the “red hand” on CareCompare. It becomes vitally important that providers review this quickly, primarily because GDRs take time to implement. Additionally, the facility Consultant Pharmacist, the ordering physicians AND the facility’s Medical Director will have to be educated then asked for the appropriate required documentation related to the orders for psychotropics. READ MORE

TOMORROW! Virtual Regional Round Table Discussion

Please join survey certification and credentialing commissioner Lacey Hunter and assistant commissioner Dawne Altis for a virtual session of Adult Care Home regional round tables next Tuesday, November 26th, 2024, from 12pm-2pm. Topics will include:

• State Licensed Only Involuntary Discharge Reporting (Assisted Living, Residential Health Care, Home Plus)

• Changes to CCRC since July 1, 2024

• Receivership - what is it and how do you apply for it

• Top deficiencies cited

• Survey consistency

• CMPs and Other Enforcement

• NATCEP Bans and Waiver Process

Please register to attend here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYudeGpqD4iGNBuGehQyxvIq9AekkdxzFi8

Webinar: Welcome to the World of Dietary! LTC Refresher Course

December 12th, 2024 - 10:00AM - 2:30PM

Dietary department need a refresh? Sharpen your dietary knowledge and establish effective dietary department systems when you join Proactive for this virtual workshop. This 4-hour training will review team building, food service regulations, documentation requirements, IDT collaboration, preventing common deficiencies and much more! Co-presented by a dual Registered Dietitian and Nursing Home Administrator and a nurse/legal nurse consultant, your team will gain insights into the dietitian role, effective dietary systems and recommended QA oversight and management duties of the facility administrator! Don’t miss this unique opportunity to elevate the quality of your dietary department.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the importance of staff development, training, and teamwork in the dietary department.
Identify the regulatory requirements pertinent to the dietary manager role.
Identify survey procedures surveyors will follow to assess compliance with dietary related requirements.
Recognize areas of common deficiencies and how to avoid them.
Discuss integration of systems between nursing and dietary departments.
Describe best practices for implementing and/or improving assessment and documentation practices pertinent to systems related to nutrition and hydration.
Understand the role of the dietary manager in collaborating with the IDT to manage systems related to nutrition and hydration and reducing weight loss in LTC facilities

Click here for more details.