title: QIS: the new nursing facility survey.
abstract: All skilled nursing facilities in the United States must undergo an annual survey required by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to determine if the facility meets federal requirements for the provision of care. The process that surveyors follow has changed recently. While it currently is being adopted on a state-by-state basis, this new survey process-called the Quality Indicator Survey-soon will become the standard for all nursing facility surveys. Therefore, facilities and practitioners that serve them need to be aware of the new ways in which the care they provide will be assessed during the survey process.
authors.forename: Caren McHenry
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019538:Health Care Surveys / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012866:Skilled Nursing Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012984:Software; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States