On May 9, 2013, the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF) Open Door Forum announced upcoming updates to the Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) manual. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the new RAI manual version 1.10 and change tables on May 20
Although compliance programs for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are not a new concept, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , enacted March 23, 2010, requires nursing facilities to have a compliance and ethics program in operation by March 23, 2013, that effectively prevents and detects criminal, civil and administrative violations under the Social Security Act of 1935 and promotes quality of health care.