Kent & Associates is able to provide organizations with mock CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) surveys utilizing all of the Conditions of Participation. This type of survey is typically conducted by two consultants for 5 days due to the number of conditions that must be assessed. Most of our experience has been with organizations who have been notified they will receive a full CMS survey within 60 days of a complaint verified by CMS. The following consultants have had experience conducting the CMS Surveys:
■ Kenneth Dale Brown, MSN, RN
Nurse
Consultant - Hospital
Kenneth Dale Brown, MSN, RN received a Baccalaureate and Master
of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Alabama in
Birmingham. Previous positions include Staff nurse, Assistant
Director of Nursing, Director of Nursing at Baptist Medical
Center, Montgomery, Alabama, Assistant Professor of Nursing at
Troy State University, Montgomery, Alabama, Director of Critical
Care Services at St. Mary’s Medical Center, and Patient Care
Coordinator, Girling Home Health Care Agency, Knoxville,
Tennessee. From 1994 to 2003 Mr. Brown was employed by the Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. He has
had the opportunity to participate in education programs for a
number of state hospital associations as well as conducted
private consultation with many healthcare organizations since
1997.
■ Paula Ashley, RN, MBA
Nurse
Consultant - Hospital
Ms. Ashley is a resident of Racine Wisconsin. She has a Bachelor
of Science in Nursing from Mount Scenario College, Lady Smith,
Wisconsin, and a Masters of Business Administration from Keller
Graduate School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her former positions
include: Director, Quality/Social Work/Discharge
Planning/Utilization Review/Patient Safety/Medical Staff
Services/Regulatory Administration at All Saints Hospital in
Racine, Wisconsin, Director, Quality Improvement/Risk
Management/Case Management at St. Therese Hospital in Waukegan,
Illinois & Director, Quality Improvement/Utilization Review at
Greenbrier Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ms. Ashley has a
particular strength in assisting organizations with action
plans, clarification of Requirements for Improvement from the
Joint Commission, developing case management models as well as
assisting organizations in conducting Failure Modes & Effects
Analysis and Root Cause Analysis. She is certified in Case
Management, and is affiliated with Maryland Hospital Quality
Indicator Project, the Association of Healthcare Accreditation
Professionals (AHAP) & the National Association of Healthcare
Quality (NAHQ). |
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