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Long Term Care
10/01/2009  -  Implementation of Denial Edits for Long Term Care Services and Procedure Change for the Patient Liability Adjustment [148 PLI] Form
10/01/2009  -  Louisiana Advisor Newsletter - The Louisiana Advisor newsletter is published to keep all interested parties current on Louisiana Case Mix reimbursement. The articles seek to provide information on major issues, work groups and upcoming activities.
09/30/2009  -  OTIS User Guide Long Term Care - OTIS step-by-step data entry instruction manual for long term care providers. Manual revised Sept. 30, 2009.
09/25/2009  -  Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness Website User Guide - Website data entry user guide for Louisiana nursing home personnel.
09/15/2009  -  25th Annual HCBS Conference - Louisiana Presentations
08/20/2009  -  Nurse Aide Training Packet - revised 8-14-09 - This Nurse Aide Training Packet, revised 8-14-09, includes information relative to the use of an approved curriculum. Providers may choose this option if they prefer to use one of the approved curriculums when applying for approval of a Nurse Aide Training School/Program, although there is no mandate to use this option at this time.
08/17/2009  -  Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) - Application and rule for providers who desire to apply for Facility Need Review approval for license to operate a home and community based service (PCA, SIL, Respite).
08/17/2009  -  LTC Systems Transformation Stakeholder Meeting - July 14, 2009
08/14/2009  -  LTC Systems Transformation Stakeholder Meeting - December 10, 2008
08/10/2009  -  LTC Systems Tranformation Stakeholder Meeting - July 2, 2008
07/10/2009  -  Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness - Revised 07/10/09. Emergency Preparedness Rule for Nursing Homes and Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness Plan Survey.
07/06/2009  -  MDS/ OASIS Broadband Access Change - CMS requires that all HMDS Broadband login profiles be moved to the ANRMS Broadband account by June 19, 2009. The HMDS account ID’s will be disabled on June 19, 2009. Instructions for changing account from HMDS to ANRMS.
06/22/2009  -  RFP - Long Term Care Access Services
06/19/2009  -  MDS/CASPER Conversion of State Assigned Shared Login IDs to Personal Login IDs - To increase security, CMS is changing the way users log into the MDS Submission System. CMS Memo revised 06/19/09. Implementation date between Sept. 2009 and Jan. 2010. Date for Louisiana to be announced.
06/16/2009  -  Louisiana Advisor - The Louisiana Advisor is published to keep all interested parties current on Louisiana Case Mix Reimbursement. Its goal is to provide information on major issues, work groups, and upcoming activities.
05/27/2009  -  Nurse Aide Training Regulations (State & Federal) - Nurse Aide Training Rule 11/20/2006 and Code of Federal Regulations - 42 CFR 438.150
05/01/2009  -  Abuse Reporting Instructions for Nursing Homes - HSS AB-03 is obsolete effective 5-1-09.
04/27/2009  -  Handouts Nursing Home Quarterly Phone Conference Training
04/21/2009  -  Nursing Facility & Waiver Services
03/18/2009  -  OTIS Abuse Reporting Rule - Louisiana nursing facilities must submit allegations of abuse/neglect via DHH's Online Tracking & Incident System (OTIS). Implementation date 05/01/2009.
01/01/2009  -  Bed Buy-Back
01/01/2009  -  Nursing Facililty Case Mix Fair Rental Value Re-Age Request
12/20/2008  -  Facility Need Review Rule - (LAC 48:I.Chapter 125)This rule was published in the Louisiana Register, Vol.34, No. 12, December 20, 2008, pages 2611-2622.
12/18/2008  -  Nursing Home Training - This location has links to nursing home materials from provider training that has been conducted by DHH Rate & Audit
12/11/2008  -  Nursing Home Application - Use for Initial Licensing, CHOWS, Bed Changes, ect... ** Do not use for renewal of license. Please use the online license for renewal.
12/08/2008  -  Medicaid Application for Long Term Care
12/08/2008  -  Medicaid Application for Long Term Care
12/08/2008  -  Nursing Home Bed Buy Back Procedures
12/08/2008  -  Nursing Home Closure - Guidelines for Voluntary Closure
12/08/2008  -  Nursing Home Private Room Conversion Process
10/07/2008  -  Nurse Aide Training Change in Coordinator or Clinical Contract - Updated 5-1-09
10/03/2008  -  Quality Indicator Survey Tips to the Provider - Quality Indicator Survey Tips to the Provider regarding the QIS onsite process.
09/15/2008  -  Nursing Home Issues - Waiver - Modification of Requirements under SSA 1135 - "Waiver or Modification of Requirements under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act". The waiver is retroactive to 8/27/08. Instructions related to Bed Capacity, Medicaid Vendor Payments & Admission Requirements. Please read for complete details.
08/31/2008  -  Public Health Emergency - MDS FAQs - MDS Guidance for Nursing Homes during Public Health Emergency
08/29/2008  -  2008 Directory of Nurse Aide Registries
05/28/2008  -  NH Direct Care Service Worker Wage Enhancement - February 2007 nursing homes rate increase for direct care service workers wage enhancement.
05/01/2008  -  Flyer: Long Term Care Program
05/01/2008  -  Flyer: Long Term Care Program
03/01/2008  -  Nursing Facility Medicaid Case Mix Reimbursement System Training Presentation 2008
02/26/2008  -  Louisiana Medicaid Nursing Facility Care-Related Expenses - The nursing facility reimbursement methodology includes direct care and care-related rate components established at 110 percent of the statewide resident-day-weighted median cost. The methodology also requires providers to incur direct care and care-related expenses of at least 94 percent of the statewide resident-day-weighted median cost (the floor) or the difference must be refunded back to the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH).
02/08/2008  -  Long Term Care Checklist
01/01/2008  -  Louisiana CMI Listing Report & Transmission Schedule
01/01/2008  -  Nursing Home Cost Report Notification Contacts - Rate and Audit desires to ensure that all correspondence regarding nursing home cost report deadlines and rate information is received by those that are involved in the preparation of the cost report.
12/11/2007  -  Restraint Free: Effective Management of Falls in Nursing Home Setting - Author Karale Dixon Causey, University of Louisiana-Monroe November 2007
12/05/2007  -  Long Term Care Application for SSI Recipients
11/06/2007  -  AT&T Network Client Configuration Instructions for LA - AT&T Network Client setup instructions for Louisiana nursing homes and home health agencies.
11/01/2007  -  Use of Drugs Affecting the Renin Angiotensin System in the Management of Hypertension - 2007 November-December LaDUR Provider Update educational article
10/26/2007  -  Nursing Home Physical Restraint Terms Clarified - CMS clarifies phrases used in physical restraint regulations in memo issued June 22, 2007 to State Survey Agencies.
09/11/2007  -  ADHC Cost Report Training
09/04/2007  -  Flyer: Long Term Care Choice
09/01/2007  -  The Role of the Incretin System in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes - 2007 September-October LaDUR Provider Update educational article
08/20/2007  -  Internet Explorer - Internet Options & Add Favorites - Certain settings may prevent you from viewing the most current pages. Simple step-by-step instuctions for your Internet Explorer browser including "How to Add a Page to Favorites".
02/23/2007  -  MDS Sub Req Correction Form - Request for changes to the MDS Sub Req field must be submitted to the State RAI coordinator. The RAI coordinator will review, sign and submit to QTSO via certified mail.
02/05/2007  -  Nurse Aide Training - Train the Trainer Instructors - List of instructors approved to teach the train the trainer course required for Nurse Aide Training. (revised 9-14-09)
02/05/2007  -  Resident Assessment Instrument Minimum Data Set 2.0 Web-based Training - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is pleased to announce the launch of the MDS Version 2.0 WBT located on the Internet at www.mdstraining.org.
12/28/2006  -  Abuse/Neglect Report Form & Instructions (AB03) - HSS-AB-03 is the form used by ICF/DD facilities to report alleged incidents of abuse or neglect.
12/06/2006  -  ICF/DD Standards for Payment - Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled (LAC 50:VII.Chapters 301-331) published in the La. Register Vol. 31, no. 09, Sept. 20, 2005.
05/16/2006  -  Nurse Aide Training Packet - revised 5-8-09 - The Nurse Aide Training Packet currently in use, revised 5-8-09, requires providers to develop their own curriculum. Providers may continue to use this process, until further notice, when applying for approval of a Nurse Aide Training School/Program.
03/27/2006  -  NH Culture Change - Implementing Changes and Reducing Medications
02/03/2006  -  Visions, Values and Guiding Principles
12/28/2005  -  GHCRP Video - December 15, 2005
09/13/2005  -  DHH Rate & Audit Louisiana Katrina Affected Area Map
07/28/2005  -  NH Culture Change Frontline Reports
07/18/2005  -  Accessing the New MDS QI/QM Reports - Effecive 7/17/2005 Nursing homes must use the CASPER Reporting System to access the new MDS QI/QM reports. The 59 page manual contains step-by-step instructions for accessing the CASPER reports, Zip instructions to reduce download time, and comparisons of the old and new reports.
06/13/2005  -  MDS - LA Case Mix Supportive Documentation Guidelines - Supportive Documentation Guidlelines for LA Case Mix Reimbursement for long term care facilities effective 06/15/2005.
05/09/2005  -  NH Case Mix Reviews Update...and Much More - LA MDS case mix training manual issued at May 2005 training seminars.
12/28/2004  -  A Guide to Bed Safety - Bed rails in Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Home Health Care: The Facts
03/22/2004  -  90 L Form, 90L Form - Form revised 12/2008.
03/22/2004  -  MDS - ADL Documentation Form - Sample
03/22/2004  -  MDS - MDCN (AT&T Global) Manual - Swing Bed
03/22/2004  -  MDS - Minimum Data Set (MDS) LA Quarterly Form - 3 page MDS quarterly form effective January 1, 2002 for LA long term care providers.
03/22/2004  -  MDS - Minimum Data Set Forms 9/2000 - MDS forms used by the state of Louisiana.
03/22/2004  -  MDS - MPAF - Medicare PPS Assessment Form
03/22/2004  -  MDS - Pressure Ulcers - CMS State Operations Manual excerpt - Handout to be used with MDS Power Point Presentation: Coding the MDS for Pressure Ulcers.
03/22/2004  -  MDS - Restraints CMS State Operations Manual Excerpt - Handout intended for use with MDS Power Point Training: Coding the MDS for Restraints.
03/22/2004  -  MDS - Swing Bed Assessment Schedule
03/22/2004  -  NH Internet License Renewal Provider Manual - Nursing Home instructions for online license renewal.
03/22/2004  -  NH Quality Measures Resource Manual
03/22/2004  -  Pre-Admission or Re-Admission Screening for Long Term Care Facilities
01/01/2004  -  Cost Report Training (P&N)
01/01/2004  -  Nursing Home Cost Report Submission Letters - Nursing Home Cost Report Submission Instructions Letters
12/20/2002  -  December 20, 2002 MDS Rule
12/20/2002  -  Nursing Home Rules
11/20/2002  -  Adult Day Health Care (ADHC) Reimbursement Rules
09/28/1999  -  NH Facility Guide for the Nursing Home Quality Indicators - A guide to the nursing home quality indicators. Learn how data entered on Minimum Data Set assessment is incorporated into the QI calculations.

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