STILL TIME TO REGISTER – INFECTION CONTROL SURVEYS: DIRECTED PLANS OF CORRECTION & OTHER ENFORCEMENT ISSUES

There is still time to register for tomorrow’s webinar:  Infection Control Surveys: Directed Plans of Correction & Other Enforcement Issues with speaker Ken Burgess, Partner, Poyner Spruill, LLP.

The N.C. Division of Health Service Regulation continues to perform infection control surveys at North Carolina skilled nursing facilities, pursuant to an infection control survey mandate from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).  On January 4, 2021, CMS issued a revised QSO-20-31-ALL which outlines an infection control survey priority and a revised enforcement mandate for facilities that incur infection control deficiencies.  One enforcement remedy that CMS is now mandating for all infection control citations at a scope and severity level of “D” or higher is a Directed Plan of Correction (DPOC).  The complexity of the DPOC a facility must submit to Division of Health Service Regulation (DHSR) depends upon the facility’s COVID infection history and recent infection control survey history.

In this webinar, Ken will walk participants through pertinent portions of revised QSO-20-31-ALL, explain the DPOC remedy, including when CMS mandates its use, the required DPOC elements for infection control citations at varying scope/severity levels, and some practical tips on developing and submitting a DPOC, along with the Root Cause Analysis CMS is requiring as part of all DPOCs.

This program offers 1.0 contact hour for nursing home administrators. The NC Health Care Facilities Association is a Registered Sponsor of continuing education with the NC State Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators. Comments regarding the Registered Sponsor Course may be addressed to: NCBENHA, 3733 National Drive, Suite 110, Raleigh, NC 27612.

Date: Thursday, February 4, 2021
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Member Price: $50.00
Non Member Price: $150.00

Click here to register online now.