Insights on infection control, healthcare-associated infections, and building medical devices for skilled nursing.
May 2026
Five questions a surveyor asks — and the audit trail that answers each one
Survey weeks aren't pop quizzes about clinical theory. They're a request for receipts. Here are the five questions that tend to show up, and what the record needs to look like.
What a CMS readmission penalty actually costs a 120-bed SNF
The 30-day all-cause readmission rate isn't an abstract metric. It's a percentage clipped off every future Medicare payment. Here's the back-of-the-envelope math.