Health facilities policies guidelines and publications

Health care facility guidelines

• CDC releases infection prevention guide to promote safe outpatient care.
• Guideline: not citing low-level deficiencies.
• Performance incentive eligibility: Guidance for facilities.
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) survey or information kit.
• HIPAA compliance when submitting records
• Pandemic influenza planning:
  • Guidance for residential facilities.
  • Pandemic influenza Infection control guidelines.
• Sole proprietors: establishing legal presence in the United States.
  • Information sheet for sole proprietor applicants.
  • Instructions and sample: mailed notarized identification.
  • Affidavit establishing lawful presence in the United States health facility licensure.

Waivers

• State Regulation Waiver application form.
• State Regulation Waiver Instructions.
• Mandatory Vaccination Waiver Application Form. (Following the recent Board of Health hearing on 12/15/2021, facilities/agencies that have staff with religious exemptions from COVID-19 immunization are no longer required to submit a request for a regulatory waiver.)
• Waiver Public Notice Template.
• Life Safety Code time-limited waivers: guidance for submission.

Health care facility publications

• Marijuana Laws that Impact Health Facilities.
• Restraints Have Risks: Make the Right Choice.
  • Information on restraints, produced by the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care and the Colorado Long Term Care Ombudsman Program.

Brochures

• Resolving Health Care Problems in Nursing Homes.
  • How to participate in resolving health care problems in nursing homes.
• Selecting and Working With a Home Health Agency.
  • Information about certified home health agencies, i.e., those that have received certification from the federal government to participate in Medicare and Medicaid.
• How to Choose an Assisted Living Facility.
  • A checklist to help consumers choose the most appropriate assisted living facility for themselves or loved ones.
• Resolving Concerns in Assisted Living Homes.

How you can participate in resolving concerns in assisted living homes:

• In the World of Healthcare.
  • Getting started in a career in the long-term health care continuum.
• Protecting Personal Property in a Colorado Nursing Home or Assisted Living Facility.
  • A proactive approach to preventing theft and loss.