30 days may be too short a period of time to complete a final report if there is a complex investigation and multiple reporting requirements. Page 21, Requirements for Certification Certification has financial implications for providers. At a minimum, this includes time away from other duties and travel to a certified training program. Additionally, with turnover high, providers feel they would be very fortunate to maintain a certified investigator on staff for two years. Reporting to OMR is duplicative of the reporting already done to the county.
Regulations currently require that incidents be summarized every six months.
This is sufficient. Quarterly is too burdensome and costly. The Commonwealth is only planning to review trends semi-annually as proposed. The HCCU is responsible to access incident data on a monthly basis. The requirement to convene a management group to review all reports and investigations without additional staff resources for personnel and training may not be possible.