Common and Avoidable Survey Issues – A four-part series

Complying with rules and guidelines is a way of life for healthcare administrators.  We know that our field is rife with regulations and oversight so we’re accustomed to scrutinizing our operations to find areas needing improvement.  It’s also common sense to want to identify those weaknesses and correct them before a survey team points them out.  In this blog series, we will explore the most common deficiencies we see during home health agency pre-survey reviews and accrediting organization surveys.  We encourage you to make an objective assessment of your organization to make sure you’re not making the same mistakes.  In this first installment of our four-part series, we’ll discuss illegible signatures and missing titles.