OIG Study – Psychosocial Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Psychosocial Services in Skilled Nursing Facilities Janet Rehnquist Inspector General March, 2003 OEI-02-01-00610 The objective of this study was to determine whether Medicare skilled nursing facility residents are receiving psychosocial services in compliance with federal requirements. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) of 1987 requires skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to provide "medically-related social services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident" and specifies that "the services provided or arranged by the facility must meet professional standards of . . .
