Accreditation & Survey Preparation

There are one or two takeaways from the recent CMS approval of our friends from Chicago to continue accrediting critical access hospitals that...Read More »

Important aspects of Life Safety Code^® compliance that are important to be aware of come survey time.  Read More »

In the coming year, hospitals accredited by The Joint Commission will see more on-site complaint surveys, plus more focus on their progress...Read More »

Facilities can start working toward certification immediately and apply on January 1, 2024, or ...Read More »

At the urging of CMS, The Joint Commission has been providing surveyors with extra training on procedures related to investigating possible...Read More »

The date on the most recent edition of CMS State Operations Manual, Appendix A, now says it was revised as of July 21, 2023. But the latest update...Read More »

Sterile processing departments have and will continue to receive a lot of scrutiny during surveys. That is also where hospitals can see a lot of...Read More »

If I have learned nothing over the course of the last little while, it is that the administration of the risk assessment process in any...Read More »

Expect ACHC surveyors to pay more attention to the Life Safety Code^® and to consider possibly more severe deficiencies after a...Read More »

Which would you rather do? Tell someone in the C-suite the hospital is facing a CMS immediate jeopardy ruling because the staff was so overwhelmed...Read More »