What’s happening: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has issued All Facilities Letter (AFL) 25-10, which implements new requirements for skilled-nursing facilities (SNFs) and strengthens the prohibition against facility discrimination based on a resident’s payment source, as enacted in Senate Bill 1354.
What else to know: Effective Jan. 1, Medi-Cal participating SNFs must make publicly available their current daily resident census and nurse staffing data by posting information on their website or, if in response to a request, verbally or by email. SNFs and other long-term care facilities will also be required to expand the information contained in the written notices that must be given to a resident prior to an involuntary transfer or discharge.
Patricia Blaisdell
