PALTmed resolves that surveyors should have at least one year actual work experience in long-term care before being allowed to participate as a surveyor; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that surveyors be instructed that pre-survey meetings with any nursing facility staff or family members are prejudicial and inappropriate, and furthermore, they should not interfere with the daily operations of the facility or residents' medical care during the survey process; and be it further
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that PALTmed support and encourage efforts directed toward standardization of the survey process and elimination of variability from region to region and state to state.
Note: Effective August 13, 2024, AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is now Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medical Association (PALTmed).