To enhance communication and monitor timeliness, automated email notificatio n is provided to specified SSA and facility recipients as needed throughout the ePOC life cycle.ĬMS has created a webinar to explain how nursing facilities will use the system for processing their plans of correction using the ePOC process. Providers can attach documentation to support their submitted POC(s) the SSA can review the attachments until final approval of the POC(s). The SSA can also post related survey, enforcement, and intake letters to the ePOC website along with the SOD.
Facility users review the Statement of Deficiencies and submit plan of correction information. To start the process, the SSA posts a survey to the ASPEN Web ePOC website. The electronic Plan of Correction (ePOC) system provider a convenient, centralized workplace, which enables CMS and the State Survey Agency (SSA) to electronically manage and track POCs for ePOC-enrolled health care providers under their oversight. Print the 2567 for posting from the ePOC website.ĮPOC will be used for all Health, Life Safety Code, Revisits, and Complaint surveys.īasic steps in the ePOC process are much the same as in the current paper-based process, but are completed using ePOC functionality in the Federal database and online applications.attach documentation to support ther Plan of Correction and.review letters added to the survey by the State Agency or CMS Regional Office.eliminate the need for paper based communications regarding POCs.
submit their Plan of Correction (POC) online.see their CMS 2567 Statements of Deficiencies (SODs) online.Electronic Plans of Correction (ePOC) allow enrolled Federally Certified Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and Nursing Facilities (NFs) to: Statements of deficiency 2567 (SOD), which have been emailed to nursing facilities in the past are now made available via a secure website created by CMS. HSS is hopeful that all nursing facilties will complete the enrollment process. HSS has been participating in the project since June, 2015 and since that time over 160 nursing facilities have successfully enrolled. Health Standards Section (HSS) of the Louisiana Department of Health is pleased to announce that we are one of the states chosen to participate in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Electronic Plan of Correction (ePOC) project. Nursing Home Electronic Plan of Correction (ePOC)