• | That in order to justify giving pain medication to a resident, the resident must be coded as having pain on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) |
• | That problems should be corrected in a short amount of time, rather than through small changes that lead to improvement |
• | That QIOs are doing research that requires permission from residents to participate |
• | That identifying and documenting a problem that a facility team wants to improve will indicate to surveyors where the facility should be cited for non-compliance with the regulations |