Long Term Care Internet Resources

RESEARCH & DATA

Note on Links to CMS Website

CMS launched a redesign of their web site on December 15, 2005. Links you may have previously used to access documents on www.cms.gov may no longer function properly. We apologize for the inconvenience. As we track down the new locations of files, we will change those links here.

List of Internet Websites/References for Long Term Care

• The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) – State Operations Manual (SOM) Chapters and Appendices http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/107_som/som107index.asp At the bottom of the site page click on the Appendices Table of Contents icon to go to the Appendices page. Tip: If you use the Word File Column (recommended) when opening the specific appendices you can insert page numbers before printing to create a paginated version. Once you open the word document go to the top of the screen click on Insert and then when the page number window appears on your screen click the OK button. You can then print the entire SOM or select the appendices specific to your needs.

• CMS – Program Transmittals http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/transmittals/comm_date_dsc.asp

• CMS – Guidance to State Survey Agency Directors and Regional Offices (Survey & Certification Letters) http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/survey-cert/letters.asp
Survey and certification letters are issued on the second Thursday of every month. On rare occasions, one may be issued “off cycle.” These letters contain policy instructions and updates. Letters are available on the internet within a week after issuance.

• CMS – Sharing Innovations in Quality (Repository of Clinical Standards and Guidelines)
http://siq.air.org
“Sharing Innovations in Quality" (SIQ) is a repository of information on clinical standards and guidelines useful to surveyors and to professionals in the nursing home setting. SIQ is sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and hosted by the American Institutes for Research (AIR).The guidelines are examined annually to assure that they are up-to-date, and new ones are added on a continuous basis.

• CMS – Medicare Quality Improvement
http://www.medqic.org
CMS developed this online resource of quality improvement information for Medicare's National Quality Improvement Priorities.

• CMS – Satellite Training at Internet Streamline http://cms.internetstreaming.com/
We recommend that you bookmark this site, as your "home" for CMS Surveyor Courses.

• CMS – Minimum Data Set Training
http://www.MDSTraining.org
Web Based Lessons course for Resident Assessment Instrument/Minimum Data Set (RAI/MDS) are posted here in the form of modules.

• CMS – RAI/MDS manual
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/quality/mds20/
Updated and revised versions of the user manuals are posted here.

• U.S. Department of Labor, Wage and Hour: Fact Sheet #54 - The Health Care Industry and Calculating Overtime Pay
http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/whdfs54.pdf

• Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov

• The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC)
http://www.apic.org

• The American Association of Nurse Assessment Coordinators (AANAC)
http://www.aanac.org

• The Alzheimer’s Association
http://www.alz.org

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov

• U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA)
http://www.fda.gov

• FDA– Food Safety Information
http://www.foodsafety.gov

• The American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org

• The American Dietetic Association
http://www.eatright.org

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
http://www.fsis.usda.gov

• NE211: An Online Resource for Locating Help in Nebraska
http://www.ne211.org
Online Access to Information on Human Services in Nebraska 24 hours a day / 7 days a week

• The Center for Biopreparedness Education
http://www.bioprepare.org/

• Nebraska Center for Nursing
www.center4nursing.org/

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