Survey Process Flashcards
What are the main steps in the survey process?
- Offiste prep
- Facility entrance
- Inital pool process
- Sample selection
- Investigation
- Ongoing and other survey activities
- Potential citations
When is the QAA/QAPI task completed?
At the end of the survey, before the exit conference, with the TC.
What software is the survey shell created in?
ASPEN Central Office (ACO)
What software do you use to complete the survey?
ASPEN Survey Explorer (ASE-Q)
Who preps the survey shell prior to the start of the survey?
Team Coordinator (TC)
What should the TC have printed prior to entering the facility?
- Facility matrix (1 set of instructions and multiple copies of a blank matrix)
- Entrance conference worksheet (1 copy)
- Beneficiary notices worksheet (3 copies)
What should survey team members do prior to entering the facility?
Review the Offsite preperation screen.
* Review and FRIs assigned to you
* Review MDS indicator facility rate report
* Review offsite selected residents and their MDS indicators
Who does the entrance conference with the facility administrator upon entering the facility?
The TC
What information is needed from the facility immediately upon entrance?
- Census number
- Complete matrix for new admissions in the last 30 days who are still residing in the facility.
- ABC list of all residents (idnetify those that are out of the facility)
- A list of residents who smoke, designated smoking times, and locations
What does the TC request during the entrance conference?
- Request that the Administrator inform the Medical Director that a surveying is happening.
- Information regarding full time DON coverage
- Information about the facility’s emergency water source
- Provide signs annoucing the survey and request they are posted in high-visibility areas
- Copy of updated facility floor plan if there has been changes including COVID-19 observation units.
- Name of Resident Council President
- Provide the facility with a copy of the CASPER 3
- Does the facility provide arbitration agreements? If so, provide TC with sample copy
- Has the facility asked residents/representatives to enter binding arbitration agreement?
- Name of the staff responsible for the agreements.
What information is needed from the facility within one hour of entrance?
- Mealtime schedule, locations, copies of all current menus that will be served throughout the survey period and policy for food brought in by visitors.
- Med Administration schedule
- Number and location of med storage rooms and carts
- Working schedule for all staff seperated by departments during the survey
- List of key personnel, location, phone numbers including contract staff and DON
- Paid feeding assistant information including if they were provided through a State-approved training program min 8 hours training, list of staff who have completed paid feeding assistant trainings, list of residents who receive assistance from paid feeding assistants.
- Name of the facility’s infection preventionist, documentation of their training and evidence of specialized training in infection prevention and control.
What information is needed from the facility within 4 hours of entrance?
- Completed matrix for all other residents
- Admission packet
- Dialysis contract/agreement/policy & procedure
- List of qualified staff providing hemodialysis or assistance for peritoneal dialysis treatments
- Does facility have onsite seperatly certified ESRD unit?
- Hospice agreement, P&P, and contact info
- Infection prevention and Control Program Standards, P&P, including surveillance plan, antibiotic stewardship program, and influenza, covid-19, pneumococcal immunization P&P.
- QAA committee information
- QAPI plan
- Abuse Prohibition P&P
- Description of experimental research occurring in the facility (if any)
- Facility assessment
- Nurse staffing waivers
- List of rooms meeting any one of the following conditions that require a variance:
- Less than the required square footage
- More than four residents
What information is needed from the facility by the end of the first day?
- Provide each surveyor access to all residents’ EHR and complete the EHR information form
- Provide a list of residents, who are currently residing in the facility, that have entered a binding arbitration agreement on or after 9/16/2019
- Provide a list of residents who resolved disputes through arbitration on or after 9/16/2019
What information is needed from the facility within 24 hours of entrance?
- Completed Medicare/Medicaid application
- Completed census and condition information
- Beneficiary Notice - Residents discharged within the last six months
True or False:
The facility should exclude bed holds from the facility census number
True