Regulatory Support for Culture Change
How OBRA '87 Regulations Support Culture Change
Organizations often worry that the culture change steps that they take may create problems for them during survey. Become knowledgeable about regulations and their compatibility with culture change before making changes.
Carmen Bowman, a former state surveyor, has worked closely with state and federal regulators. Her workbook, Regulatory Support For Culture Change: How OBRA '87 Regulations Support Culture Change will put these fears to rest.
Authoring this interactive workbook, Carmen speaks the language of F-tags and discusses compliance issues in dining, resident choice, physician orders, wireless call systems, animals, med carts, consistent staffing, cross-training, self-directed work teams, homey environments, care planning, waivers and variances. She provides clear explanations and recommends practices to assure quality.
Appendices include letters from CMS addressing several culture change questions, changes in SNF payment regulations, and the use of Civil Monetary penalty monies.
You may wish to couple this workbook with our other workbook on regulations, Regulatory Compliance in Culture Change: Assure Your Ongoing Success. This workbook includes a variety of Learning Circle topics so that you and your team can study and work on together to create culture changes that bring the spirit of OBRA '87 to life.
BUYING NOTE:
We include an additional crosswalk tool. Whenever you see a CMS regulation tag number, just use the crosswalk to quickly locate the new tag number as of 2016.
Author
Carmen Bowman
