New House Bill Seeks to Improve Surveys, Surveyor Training

A new House bill is aiming to change the results of a U.S. Government Accountability Office report in which 46 percent of surveyors and 36 percent of directors reported feeling that there were weaknesses in the traditional survey methodology.

The bill seeks to improve the nursing home survey process, increase whistleblower protections for surveyors and create a CMS advisory committee that would include SNF administrators, DONs and other stakeholders.

The bill also proposes making surveyors' tests more rigorous and comprehensive and would crack down on employees or others who attempt to influence surveyors by subjecting those people to fines up to $10,000.00.

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