Links

Medicaid Provider Manual

• dhs.iowa.gov
• publications
• rules and policy manuals

Medicare

• www.medicare.gov
• www.cms.hhs.gov

Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals

• www.dia-hfd.state.ia.us
  • Report Cards, OSCAR requests, enforcement information, and more
• Regulations
• Iowa Code or Iowa Administrative Code
• If Iowa Code, then type in the Code Chapter (e.g. Ch. 135c, or Ch. 155)
• If Iowa Administrative Code, then scroll to find the agency that governs the chapter (e.g. Inspections and Appeals - 481; Public Safety - 661; Elder Affairs - 321; Professional Licensure - 645).
• Then, scroll to find the chapter you are looking for (e.g. Ch. 58, Ch. 61, or Ch. 56 under Inspections and Appeals; Ch. 5 under Public Safety; Ch. 27 under Elder Affairs; Ch. 140, 141, 142, 143, 144 under Professional Licensure).

Leading Age

• http://www.leadingage.org

American Health Care Association

• www.ahca.org

Federal guidelines

• The Long Term Care Survey book - a publication from American Health Care Association
• www.cms.hhs.gov
  • Access to Resident Assessment Instrument and Minimum Data Set information on the CMS site

American College of Health Care Administrators

• www.achca.org

American Management Association

• www.amanet.org