ESRD Medical Director Resources

This manual contains both the following lessons and laminates. The slides used in the manual are provided to facilitate additional staff training.

Lessons

1 - Welcome and Introductions [PDF,118KB]

2 - Transitioning to New Conditions for Coverage [PDF, 913KB]

3 - Using the New Survey Process [PDF, 1.7M]

4 - Infection Control/Physical Environment [PDF, 1.3M]

5 - Reuse [PDF, 489KB]

6 - Patient Assessment, Plan of Care, Medical Records [PDF, 763KB]

7 - Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement [PDF, 3.2M]

8 - Patients' Rights, Grievances, Involuntary Discharge [PDF, 472KB]

9 - Water and Dialysate [PDF, 1.1M]

10 - Personnel & Medical Director [PDF, 383KB]

11 - Governance, Emergency Preparedness, Laboratory Services, Special Purpose Dialysis Facilities [PDF, 644KB]

12 - Survey and Certification Issues [PDF, 456KB]

13 - Care at Home [PDF, 651KB]

14 - General [PDF, 3.3M]

15 - Worksheets [PDF, 481KB]

16 - Surveyor Tools [PDF, 376KB]

 

Surveyor "Laminates" are used as abbreviated survey guidance

• Measures Assessment Tool (MAT): 2-page summary of the standards used in assessing compliance with requirements (Version 1.6) [PDF, 165KB]

• Helpful Web Sites for ESRD Surveyors: 2-page listing of recommended Web sites inside and outside CMS (Version 1.1) [PDF, 154KB]

• Outline of the Basic ESRD Survey Process: 4-page list of tasks in the survey process (Version 1.4) [PDF, 215KB]

• End Stage Renal Disease Facilities V-Tags & Identifiers: 3-page list of V-Tags and Aspen identifiers along with Condition statements from the Interpretive Guidance (Version 1.3) [PDF, 228KB]

• Infection Control/Requirements for Isolation Room or Area: 2-page description of V-tags and descriptors plus requirements for all facilities, existing facilities and new facilities (Version 1.3) [PDF, 139KB]

• AAMI RD52 Table 4/Water Chart Decision Tree: Adapted from AAMI RD 52, Table 4 and Figure 1. [PDF, 174KB]

• Chemical Contaminant Levels in Water Used to Prepare Dialysate/Water System Flow Diagram: 2-page summary of the ANSI/AAMI RD 62 water levels and a diagram of a typical water system (Version 1.0) [PDF, 175KB]

• Correlation Grid of Patient Assessment & Plan of Care/Timelines for Patient Assessment & Plan of Care: 2-page summary showing the relationship between patient assessment and plan of care requirements (Version 1.3) [PDF, 139KB]

• Personnel Requirements/National Commercial PCT Certification Organizations: 2-page summary of requirements for staff of a dialysis facility (Version 1.2) [PDF, 134KB]

• Principles of Documentation Overview: 2-page adaptation of the Principles of Documentation (Version 1.0) [PDF, 111KB]

• Dialysis Lab Tests At a Glance: 2-page listing of common blood tests for people on dialysis (Version 1.1) [PDF, 213KB]

 

PowerPoints Used in Student Manual

View or download slides in Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) or PDF format.

Lesson 2 - Transitioning to New Conditions for Coverage
[PDF, 1.4M ]

Lesson 3 - Using the New Survey Process
[PDF, 2.2M ]

Lesson 4 - Infection Control/Physical Environment
[PDF, 548KB ]

Lesson 5 - Reuse [PDF, 3.9M ]

Lesson 6 - Patient Assessment, Plan of Care, Medical Records
[PDF, 489KB ]

Lesson 7 - Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement
[PDF, 1.1M ]

Lesson 8 - Patients' Rights, Grievances, Involuntary Discharge
[PDF, 229KB]

Lesson 9 - Water and Dialysate [PDF, 720KB]

Lesson 10 - Personnel & Medical Director [PDF, 80KB]

Lesson 11 - Governance, Emergency Preparedness, Laboratory Services, Special Purpose Dialysis Facilities
[PDF, 252KB]

Lesson 12 - Survey and Certification Issues [PDF, 90KB]

Lesson 13 - Care at Home [PDF, 262KB]