Reporting Reasonable Suspicion of a Crime in an LTC Facility
Posted on Thu, Feb 09, 2012 @ 08:00 AM
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released a revised memo on January 20 in regards to "Reporting Reasonable Suspicion of a Crime in a Long-Term Care Facility (LTC)".
The memo is revised to include updated versions of the Questions and Answers and Appendix One documents. In order to promote timely application of the protections offered by section 1150B of the Act for LTC facility residents, we are explaining now the current obligations of LTC facilities to comply with the law as it is plainly written, without any delay that might be occasioned by waiting for any administrative rule-making process that might further clarify application of the law.
"This memorandum informs SAs of the new section 1150B of the Act, which was established by section 6703(b)(3) of the Affordable Care Act and is entitled “Reporting to Law Enforcement of Crimes Occurring in Federally Funded Long-Term Care Facilities.”
In order to promote timely application of the protections offered by section 1150B of the Act for LTC facility residents, we are explaining now the current obligations of LTC facilities to comply with the law as it is plainly written, without any delay that might be occasioned by waiting for any administrative rule-making process that might further clarify application of the law.
Click here to download the memo.