173-45-03. Long-term care consumer guide: consumer guide content  


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  • (A) General information: ODA shall include the following information in the guide:

    (1) A description of the guide.

    (2) Disclaimers stating the limitations of the data included in the guide.

    (3) A recommendation for each individual who is considering an admission into a long-term care facility to visit any facility that he or she is considering.

    (4) Electronic links to other information on the internet about selecting long-term care facilities and long-term care service providers, including information maintained by pertinent government agencies and private organizations and the telephone numbers for those agencies and organizations.

    (B) Facility-specific information: ODA shall include the following information in the guide to help the public compare and select long-term care providers:

    (1) Each nursing facility's consumer satisfaction survey data, quality measures, and regulatory survey data.

    (2) Each residential care facility's consumer satisfaction survey data and regulatory survey data.

    (3) Other publicly-available information to help the public compare and select long- term care service providers, including, but not limited to, nursing home staffing information published by CMS.


Effective: 11/16/2020
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates: 9/1/2020 and 11/14/2025
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 121.07, 173.01, 173.02, 173.49 ; 42 U.S.C. 1396a
Rule Amplifies: 173.46, 173.47, 173.49 ; 42 U.S.C. 1396a
Prior Effective Dates: 01/12/2001, 09/07/2006, 08/30/2010, 12/01/2015