Examples of SFF list in a sentence
Schedule a final “last chance” onsite survey for those facilities that have been on the SFF list for more than 18 months and have failed to improve.
Review the progress of all other facilities that have been on the SFF list for more than 12 months.
Do not, until further notice, select a replacement SFF nursing home when a current SFF facility has been terminated from Medicare participation or has improved to the point of graduating from the SFF list, unless directed to do so by the CMS RO.
In accordance with paragraph (C)(7)(a) of this rule, if a NF becomes listed on the CMS Special Focus Facility (SFF) list, ODM estimates it will take a NF staff person approximately fifteen minutes at the rate of approximately $16.00 per hour for a total estimated cost of $4.00 to notify ODM of the NF being added to the SFF list.
Surveys of Nursing Home Special Focus Facilities (SFF)– CMS will assess the frequency of standard surveys conducted for SFFs and the addition of new facilities to the SFF list.
The SFF list includes nursing homes with a history of serious quality issues.
The recruitment process for these nursing homes was highly idiosyncratic—recall from Chapter I that QIOs were to approach one of a small list of selected facilities (CMS’ selected focus facilities or SFF list) with particularly severe quality problems; if that facility refused, the QIO followed guidelines to approach another facility, and so on.
However, the agency has found that a minority of nursing homes have more problems than others (about twice the average number of deficiencies), more serious problems than most other nursing homes (including harm or injury experienced by residents), and a pattern of serious problems that has persisted over a long period (as measured over the 3 years before the date the nursing home was first put on the SFF list).
We do not expect programmatic changes to this program for FY 2018 and will continue policies such as the “last chance survey”, and reviewing progress of all other facilities that have been on the SFF list for more than 12 months.
The expectation is that QIOs recruit nursing homes for this task using the SFF list and the priorities and process described by the SAs. The SAs are essential to the success of the SFF initiative.