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 »

Breaking news: CMS reminds providers about EMTALA obligations with COVID-19 patients

March 17, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 12
CMS, COVID-19, Infection Control, Telehealth

CMS reminds providers about EMTALA obligations with COVID-19 patients, update nursing home and hospice infection control guidanceRead More »

Emerging diseases: Check online resources regularly to stay prepared

March 16, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 4
CMS, COVID-19, Infection Control

Check CMS and CDC online information regularly to keep on top of updated guidance when emerging diseases such as the 2019 novel coronavirus become...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 »

New Data on Sepsis Prevalence and Costs ‘Astonished’ DHHS Researchers

February 18, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 8
CMS, Data Tracking, Infection Control, Patient Safety

The largest sepsis study every conducted with Medicare data found a 40% increase in the rate of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized with the...Read More »

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