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Joint Commission discusses CMS changes for 2013

In May, CMS released revisions to the Medicare final rule for hospital and critical access hospital ­requirements. These revisions went into effect in relatively short order-July 16-and required updates to be made to The Joint ­Commission's own standards to ensure compliance ­between the two sets of regulations.

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