Briar Creek Health Center

Electronically submit to CMS complete and accurate direct care staffing information, based on payroll and other verifiable and auditable data.

Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted

Provide and implement an infection prevention and control program.

Provide safe, appropriate pain management for a resident who requires such services.

Provide pharmaceutical services to meet the needs of each resident and employ or obtain the services of a licensed pharmacist.

Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards.

Provide timely notification to the resident, and if applicable to the resident representative and ombudsman, before transfer or discharge, including appeal rights.

Notify the resident or the resident’s representative in writing how long the nursing home will hold the resident’s bed in cases of transfer to a hospital or therapeutic leave.