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 »

COVID-19: OSHA relaxes respirator fit-testing enforcement under certain circumstances

March 17, 2020
Accreditation, COVID-19, Emergency Management, Infection Control, Staff safety

In further recognition of the short supply of protective N95 respirators for healthcare workers treating suspected or confirmed patients with...Read More »

Coronavirus and preparing for the worst

March 16, 2020
Patient Safety Monitor Journal - Volume 21 Issue 4
Accreditation, Emergency Management, Infection Control

Preparing for a worldwide pandemic, especially when you don’t know how fast it will spread or how serious its consequences will be, is one of the...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 »

HHS Unveils Strategy to Reduce EHR Burden for Clinicians

March 3, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 10
Accreditation, Data Tracking, Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

The federal government has released its long-awaited plan to...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 »

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