Accrediting organizations suspend most survey activities to focus on COVID-19

April 7, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 5
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, HFAP, Joint Commission, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

If you are expecting a survey from your accreditation organization (AO) in the upcoming weeks and months, check in with your liaison. All four...Read More »

Verma raps accrediting organizations’ ‘glaring conflict of interest’

March 31, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 4
Accreditation, CMS, Survey Preparation

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma took a swipe at accrediting organizations, noting that when they accept...Read More »

You be the surveyor, April 2020

March 23, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 4
Accreditation, CMS, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

What deficiencies would you cite and why? And how would you correct them?

You be the surveyor.

The following information was taken...Read More »

National emergency declared over COVID-19 coronavirus; 1135 waivers now in play

March 13, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 12
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Emergency Management, Infection Control, Leadership, Patient Safety, Survey Preparation

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HHS releases final interoperability rules

March 10, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 11
Accreditation, CMS, Data Tracking, Policies and Procedures, Survey Preparation

"Americans will now have electronic access to their health information on their smartphone if they choose," said ONC...Read More »

Use these checklists to stay ahead of promised COVID-19 focus during surveys

March 10, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 11
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, HFAP, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Survey Preparation

Download checklists provided by CMS and the CDC to review your infectious disease preparedness plans as CMS signals again that it expects...Read More »

BREAKING: (COVID-19) CMS says primary survey focus will be on infection control preparedness

March 10, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 11
Accreditation, CMS, COVID-19, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Survey Preparation

CMS ordered its state and regional surveyors to suspend “non-emergency inspections across the country” to allow “inspectors to turn their focus on...Read More »

Verma Raps Accrediting Organizations’ ‘Glaring Conflict of Interest’

March 3, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 10
Accreditation, CMS, Joint Commission, Quality Improvement, Survey Preparation

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator...Read More »

Value-Based Metrics Penalize Top-Performing Hospitals

February 25, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 9
Accreditation, Data Tracking, Quality Improvement, Survey Preparation

Hospitals that are recognized for high-quality cardiac care...Read More »

CMS eliminates 2nd survey for psychiatric hospitals, to merge B-tags into SOMA

February 11, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 3
CMS, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

CMS announced it is combining the interpretive guidelines that its surveyors use for psychiatric hospitals into the main Appendix A for hospitals...Read More »

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