(a) [Reserved]. (b) There shall be a full-time director of nursing services who shall be a qualified licensed registered nurse. (c) The director of nursing services shall have, in writing, administrative authority, responsibility and accountability for the functions and activities of the nursing services personnel and shall serve only one facility in this capacity. (d) The director of nursing services shall be responsible for: (1) Standards of accepted nursing practice. (2) Nursing policy and procedure
(a) Prices will be set prospectively on an annual basis during the second quarter of each calendar year and be in effect for the subsequent July 1 through June 30 period. (1) Peer group prices will be established for resident care costs, other resident related costs and administrative costs. (2) If a peer group has an even number of nursing facilities, the median peer group price determined will be the arithmetic mean of the costs of the two nursing facilities holding the middle position in the peer
(a)Data used. (1) To calculate the prospective payment rates, CMS uses- (i) Medicare data on allowable costs from freestanding and hospital-based SNFs for cost reporting periods beginning in fiscal year 1995. SNFs that received "new provider" exemptions under § 413.30(e)(2) are excluded from the data base used to compute the Federal payment rates. In addition, allowable costs related to exceptions payments under § 413.30(f) are excluded from the data base used to compute the Federal payment rates;