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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Survey & Certification Promising Practices Project. 5 th Annual Leadership Summit Susan Larsen, CMS April 25, 2007. Project Purpose. To identify & share innovative ideas that can unlock State Survey Agency (SA) performance barriers.
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesSurvey & Certification Promising Practices Project 5th Annual Leadership Summit Susan Larsen, CMS April 25, 2007
Project Purpose To identify & share innovative ideas that can unlock State Survey Agency (SA) performance barriers.
Project Overview • Forum for SAs • Share Promising Practices • Disseminate Practical Information • University of Colorado Project Team • Develop Issue Briefs on Specific Practices • Increase accessibility (available on CMS Website, hard copy reference resource) • 1st Phase: Retention/Recruitment Strategies • 2nd Phase: Regulatory Practices
S&C Promising Practices Workgroup • S&C Promising Practices Project Workgroup Members Represent: • SAs • CMS Central Office • CMS Regional Office • The Workgroup: • Reviews & evaluates potential topics • Selects & prioritizes topics • Reviews & approves issue briefs
Relationship to AHFSA Program • Complementary • Noncompetitive • Project Team Develops Issue Briefs • Issue Briefs Include Multiple States
Issue Brief Topics Completed Issue Briefs Include: • Telework Programs (5 states) • Team-Based Scheduling (4 states) • Interactive Web-Based Trainings & Meetings (3 states) • Training & Other Techniques to Strengthen Legal Aspects of Survey Process (3 states) • Recruitment Strategies (3 states, government, business examples) • Compendium of Retention Strategies (10 states, 23 practices)
Upcoming Topics • Emergency Preparedness • Creative Enforcement • Managing Complaints • Consistency
Topic Identification • Collaborate with SAs & Workgroup: • E-mails to Request SA Input • AHFSA Promising Practices • Brief SA Interviews • Compile Basic Information • Workgroup Review & Selection
Issue Brief Preparation • Thorough SA Interviews/Case Studies • Review Documentation • Develop Issue Briefs • Workgroup & CMS Review Issue Briefs • Approved Briefs Posted - CMS Website
Project Overview Issue Briefs - by Topic Issue Briefs - by State State Profiles Supplemental State Resources Forms Policy documents Training documents Etc. Website Postings
S&C Promising Practices Project Website New Map of State Design! Unlock the treasures posted on Promising Practices Project Website: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/SurvCertPromPractProj
Maximize Issue Brief Utility • SA Input is Critical • Learn from Other SAs • Promising techniques & practices • Practical information • Lessons learned • Save resources, time • Website & upcoming Reference Copy – publicize useful resource
Share your Ideas!! Ideas for new promising practices? Contact: Sue Larsen: (410) 786-2640 Susan.Larsen@cms.hhs.gov or Meg Kaehny: (303) 724-2457 Margaret.Kaehny@uchsc.edu