In Provider Letter No. 16-10, Assisted Living Facilities (ALF) are being requested to provide feedback to DADS concerning survey inconsistencies related to the interpretation and application of ALF regulations and rules in order to attempt to enhance surveyor training and improve policies and procedures.
The letter includes the website for the feedback. You will need to provide all your provider information, including information about the survey visits in order for a provider to report inconsistencies.
DADS intent is not to modify survey protocol or the change the tags you receive in a survey. The information will be used to improve survey consistency. Therefore, an ALF that receives a deficiency in a survey must avail itself of the standard informal and formal appeal processes that are currently in place for such disputed survey results.
DADS intends to use the information provided by ALFs to improve the survey process, and will compile a statistical report to inform providers of consistency analysis and actions related to the findings. DADS will not report back to each ALF that provides an inconsistency report.
DADS also issued Provider Letters No. 16-11 for DAHS, 16-12 for HCSSA, and 16-13 for NF and ICF/IID for this program.
(DADS is the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services)
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