Effective today, regulation reforms from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate a new process for surveying the policies and procedures of nursing facilities across the U.S.
Understandably, many facility operators are nervous about this significant new challenge, as compliance failures can result in a range of penalties from daily fines to outright suspension of Medicare/Medicaid compensation. Newly launched software from Fort Worth, TX-based FoQIS QAPI Management System (QMS) now updated to cover all of the new Long-Term Care (LTC) survey procedures and methods, gives nursing facility operators an easy, exceptionally cost-efficient tool for avoiding penalties, assuring compliance, and establishing a documented remediation trail for audits.
According to FoQIS data, facilities that switched from manual to electronic surveys, and then used software to prepare for those electronic surveys, realized 80% improvement with survey outcomes.
FoQIS mimics CMS’s new online survey process allowing accurate prediction of state-selected survey respondents and full reporting of any deficiencies at the “mock survey’s” conclusion. Moreover, even beyond surveys, FoQIS can greatly assist facilities in meeting their mandated QAPI (Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement) goals.