Useful
Resource Material
Regulations
Infection Control
Restraints
Other Useful Information Pain Management
MDS 3.0 Professional Organizations
Bio-Terrorism & Homeland Security Web Sites
HIPAA Quality Initiatives
QIS
Bio-Terrorism
& Homeland Security Web Sites
Bio-Terrorism Web Site: www.nap.edu/shelves/first
Pennsylvania Homeland Security: www.homelandsecurity.state.pa.us
Pennsylvania Emergency Management
Agency: www.pema.state.pa.us
The Department of Homeland Security: www.whitehouse.gov/homeland
HIPAA
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/
http://www.hipaadvisory.com/
Infection
Control
Guidelines for Preventing the
Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr5417.pdf
Infection Control Guidelines &
Recommendation Resource List For Long Term Care Facilities
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/gl_longterm_resource.html
Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis
in Facilities Providing Long Term Care to the Elderly Recommendations of the
Advisory Committee for Elimination of Tuberculosis
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001711.htm
MDS 3.0
MDS Technical Information
Website
http://www.qtso.com/mdsdownload.html
MDS Correction Policy http://www.qtso.com/download/mds/prMn1002.pdf
MDS 3.0 Information
Site http://new.cms.hhs.gov/NursingHome
QualityInits/25_NHQIMDS30.asp
MDS Online Training - CMS http://www.mdstraining.org/upfront/u1.asp
PA-LTC Case-Mix Information **New**
http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/PartnersProviders/MedicalAssistance/DoingBusiness/LTCCaseMixInfo/
Other Useful Information
Chapter 21.State Board of Nursing http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/049/chapter21/chap21toc.html
CMS Policies & Memos to States &
Regions (Starting with 2009) http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SurveyCertificationGenInfo/PMSR/list.asp?listpage=34
CLIA Program
http://cms.hhs.gov/CLIA/
CMS Survey & Certification - Manuals
&
Guides
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Manuals/
CMS Survey & Certification Web
Page http://www.cms.hhs.gov/CertificationandComplianc/
CMS Quarterly Provider Update http://www.cms.hhs.gov/QuarterlyProviderUpdates
Consumer Information About Long Long
Term
Care
www.longtermcareliving.com
Criminal Background Check Tutorial Site http://www.aging.state.pa.us/psonlinetraining/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=242966&psonlinetrainingNav=1
Department of Public Welfare http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/
DPW Remittance Advice Alerts/PROMISe
Banner Pages http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/PartnersProviders/MedicalAssistance/AlertsBanners/
Food Code 2005 http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fc05-toc.html
LDN Licensure Standards http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol36/36-20/866.html
License verification http://www.licensepa.state.pa.us/
Long Term Care Information Supersite
http://www.hcpro.com/long-term-care/index.cfm
Long Term Living in PA Website http://www.ltlinpa.com/portal/server.pt/community/long_term_living_home/3950
Medicare Learning Network http://www.highmarkmedicareservices.com/ql-training.html
Nurse Aide Registry Resources /
Promissor Training http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/iCal/eventDetail_page.asp?date_ID=CACACFCA83CDCFC8
"Nursing Home Compare" http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/home.asp
PA Department of Health Facility Message
Board http://ecapps.health.state.pa.us/CommonPOC/
PA -Healthcare Associated
Infection-website http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=188&q=250141
PA MA Rates: http://www.dpw.state.pa.us/PartnersProviders/MedicalAssistance/DoingBusiness/LTCCaseMixInfo/003681508.htm
PA Provider Bulletins http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?A=188&Q=243799
Pennsylvania Access To Criminal History
(PATCH) https://epatch.state.pa.us/Home.jsp
Pennsylvania Health Alert Network
(PA-HAN) http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?a=171&q=234202&healthPNavCtr=|&TNID=4587
Pennsylvania Map With Links To Nursing
Homes by County with Survey Results http://app2.health.state.pa.us/commonpoc/nhLocatorie.asp
Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Registry On-line
http://pulseportal.com
Pennsylvania Nursing Facility Assessment
http://www.PANFsubmit.com
Quality Measures http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NursingHomeQualityInits/20_NHQIMDS20.asp
September 2006 Nurse Aide Candidate
Handbook for PA http://www.asisvcs.com/publications/pdf/063900.pdf
SNF Prospective Payment System http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SNFPPS/
Swing Bed http://www.cms.hhs.gov/snfpps/03_swingbed.asp
Temporary Practice Permits -RNs and LPNs
http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol36/36-20/867.html
Transmittals http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Transmittals/2009Trans/list.asp
Pain Management
AHCPR Acute Pain Management Patient
Guide http://www.ahrq.gov
American Academy of Hospice and
Palliative Medicine at www.aahpm.org
American Academy of Pain Medicine at www.painmed.org
American Geriatrics Society www.americangeriatrics.org
American Medical Directors Association
(AMDA) Clinical Practice Guideline "Pain Management in the Long-Term Care
Setting" (2003) www.AMDA.com
American Pain Society at www.ampainsoc.org
American Society of Pain Management
Nurses http://aspmn.org/
Hospice and Palliative Nurses
Association at www.hpna.org
Nursing Research and Education / City of
Hope Resource Cente http://mayday.coh.org/
Partners Against Pain at www.partnersagainstpain.com
Quality Improvement Organizations at www.medqic.org
Resource Center for Pain Medicine and
Palliative Care at Beth Israel Medical Center (2000) at www.stoppain.org/education_research/resources.html
Professional
Organizations
AMDA - American Medical Directors
Association http://www.amda.com
ASCP - American Society of Consultant
Pharmacists http://www.ascp.com
PACAH - http://www.pacounties.org/pacah/site/default.asp
PADONA / LTCN - Pennsylvania Association
Directors of Nursing Administration / Long Term Care
Nurses http://www.padona.com
PANAC - Pennsylvania Association of
Nurse Assessment Coordinators http://www.paanac.com
PANPHA - An Association of Pennsylvania
Nonprofit Senior
Services http://www.panpha.org
PHCA - Pennsylvania Health Care
Association http://www.phca.org
QIS
CMS'S QIS Manual: http://www.uchsc.edu/hcpr/qis_manual.php
CMS'S QIS Manual - Electronic
Forms: http://www.uchsc.edu/hcpr/qis_forms.php
Quality
Initiatives
Advancing Excellence in America's
Nursing Homes Campaign http://www.nhqualitycampaign.org
Nursing Home STAR Site http://www.nhqi-star.org/
Quality Insights of
Pennsylvania www.qipa.org
Regulations
Appendix P Survey Protocol http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/Downloads/som107ap_p_ltcf.pdf
Appendix PP Guidance to Surveyors http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/Downloads/som107ap_pp_guidelines_ltcf.pdf
Appendix Q Immediate Jeopardy http://new.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/downloads/som107_appendixtoc.pdf
Long Term Care Survey Protocol
http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/downloads/som107ap_p_ltcf.pdf
Medicare & Medicaid Program Manuals http://cms.hhs.gov/manuals/
Medicare & Medicaid Program
Transmittals http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Transmittals/
PA Chapter 51 http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/028/chapter51/chap51toc.html
PA Provider Bulletins http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?A=188&Q=243799
PA Regulations http://www.dsf.health.state.pa.us/health/cwp/view.asp?A=188&Q=235007
Personal Care Home Regulations
(effective 10/2005) http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/055/chapter2600/chap2600toc.html
QI Manual https://www.qtso.com/mdsdownload.html
State Operations Manual http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Manuals/IOM/list.asp
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS) www.cms.gov
Restraints
Pennsylvania Restraint Reduction
Initiative www.parri.kendal.org/