Comment on VA-2026-VACO-0001-0220 (Anonymous)
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Summary: The commenter opposes the proposal to have minimum wage workers collect nursing home information instead of state-licensed professionals. They argue that CMS evaluation experts are already trained in assessing daily needs and that the current proposal risks lower quality of data.
Their are CMS evaluation experts trained extensively on evaluating the daily needs and ADL’s.
MDS (Minimum Data Set): Used in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs)
.OASIS (Outcome and Assessment Information Set):
You want to have over worked under paid minimum wage workers fill out the forms evaluating a survivor or veterans needs? Instead of a state licensed professional?
Do the right thing and show your worth keeping employed.