Nursing Facilities – Resources, Tools and Other Initiatives
Emergency Preparedness
- OHCQ Nursing Home Transmittal on Emergency Preparedness Regulations for Nursing Homes with FRED Registration Form – May 30, 2008
- Contact Information for County Emergency Management Officials
- Facility Resource Emergency Database (FRED) Information
- Maryland Emergency Management Agency Website
Pay for Performance
- 2009 End of Year DHMH Report
- LifeSpan's Frequently Asked Questions – July 30, 2009
- Chapter 418 (Senate Bill 664): Nursing Facilities - Accountability Measures - Pay for Performance Program – Effective June 1, 2009
- DHMH Final Report - December 2008
- LifeSpan 2008/2009 Summary Sheet and Position
End of Life Care
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Website (Including EMS/DNR Forms)
- Maryland Attorney General Office - Health Care Decisions Policy. This page contains resources on Maryland's Health Care Decisions Act and Related Law, including information on and copies of the "New Life-Sustaining Treatment Options Form".
- www.marylandadvancedirectives.org - This page has been created jointly by Ober Kaler and the Office of the Attorney General to provide practical information to assist health care practitioners in implementing Maryland's Health Care Decisions Act.
Other Resources
- Family Satisfaction Surveys by MHCC
- Nursing Home Report Card by MHCC
- Department of Aging Long-Term Ombudsman Report
DHMH Division of Drug Control
The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's Division of Drug Control has increased inspections of nursing home to ensure that the nursing home has a current Controlled Dangerous Substance Registration as required by COMAR 10.19.03.03. Below is a checklist being used by DHMH for the CDS inspection as well as the Division of Drug Control's website where an application for registration can be downloaded. Cost of the registration is $120 for 2 years.
- Federal Guidance on Proper Disposal of Prescription Drugs - October 2009
- DHMH Checklist for CDS Inspection
- Division of Drug Control Website
- COMAR 10.19.03 Controlled Dangerous Substances
H1N1 Updates
State Agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Maryland Health Care Commission
- Maryland Department of Aging
- Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
- Board of Nursing
- Board of Physician Quality Assurance
- Office of Health Care Quality
- Maryland Emergency Management Agency
- Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services System
