DIALED IN
Welcome to DIALED IN, the podcast from the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing. DIAL's podcast will answer some of the basic (and not-so-basic) questions surrounding the work the department undertakes, from nursing home surveys, fraud investigations, and administrative hearings to licensing for food establishments, physicians, electricians, and more. Join us and get DIALED IN today!
DIALED IN
S1 E3: Post Pandemic: CMS' Changing Performance Measures for State Survey Agencies after 2020
When COVID-19 was quickly spreading across the globe in March 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ordered state survey agencies like DIAL to "stand down" and suspend recertification surveys for nursing homes. Once the dust settled and agencies were again allowed to perform these "recerts," a backlog had developed. Now the states had a problem they needed to overcome: getting rid of the backlog and getting back to normal with the timing of nursing home recertification surveys. Join DIAL Communications Director Stefanie Bond and Long-Term Care Bureau Chief Vicki Worth to learn more about how the State is working to meet its obligations as the state survey agency for Iowa nursing homes.
- CMS: Mission & Priorities Document (MPD) for FFY2024 (most recent)
- CMS: State Performance Standards System (SPSS) Guidance FFY2021
- CMS: State Performance Standards System (SPSS) Guidance FFY 2022
- CMS: State Performance Standards System (SPSS) Guidance FFY 2023
- CMS: State Performance Standards System (SPSS) Guidance FFY 2024
