CMS has signaled that accrediting organizations (AO) like HFAP can resume even more surveys in areas where the COVID-19 patient surge is slowing....Read More »
Get a firm handle on your COVID-19 case data now that a new interim final rule requires the information to be reported to the Department of Health...Read More »
Dust off any outstanding plans of correction (POC) for CMS and intensify survey readiness prep because you may be getting surveyors on-site soon...Read More »
Always being ready for survey can be one of the greatest challenges, but there are tools. In the following excerpt from HCPro’s recently published...Read More »
Given The Joint Commission’s (TJC) more than 60-year presence in hospital accreditation, Inside Accreditation and Quality went to CMS for some...Read More »
In an announcement that The Joint Commission (TJC) has been approved for two years as a Medicare accrediting organization (AO), CMS outlines what...Read More »
Expect The Joint Commission (TJC) to get tougher on some areas of survey, particularly with the physical environment and off-campus facilities,...Read More »
