Training Name
Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities Basic Training (PRTF)
Activity Code
0CMSPRTF_ONL
Training Description
This training cultivates and refines surveyor skills, fosters understanding of the PRTF survey process, and enhances surveyors' overall ability to survey PRTF facilities. This includes the ability to:
- Conduct observation, interviews, and record review to gather information and identify concerns.
- Employ critical thinking to analyze and investigate any concerns identified during the survey.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the applicable regulations and interpretive guidelines needed to address those concerns.
- Make accurate compliance decisions.
- Document deficiencies in a manner consistent with CMS's principles of documentation (POD).