Editor's note: The following is an edited excerpt from The Joint Commission's recent...Read More »
A preliminary denial offers a stark reminder that even top-rated hospitals are not immune to survey deficienciesRead More »
In August, Morehead Memorial Hospital of Eden, North Carolina, became the 150th hospital in the United States to receive ISO 9001:...Read More »
The Joint Commission's new standards for residential and outpatient eating disorder programs went into effect on July 1. The...Read More »
In August, CMS announced a few changes to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), changing how pneumonia readmissions...Read More »
Between 2010 and 2015, hospital readmission rates have dropped an average of 8% nationally, with 100,000 unnecessary patient readmissions avoided...Read More »
HFAP this week released its prepublication manual for critical access hospital (CAH), and ambulatory surgical center (ASC) surveys.Read More »
