Clarification: 1135 waivers, temporary suspension of rules during a disaster

January 14, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation, CMS, Emergency Management, Joint Commission

Joint Commission–accredited hospitals and CAHs must have a process for requesting an 1135 waiver from CMSRead More »

Hospitals Might Get Penalized by CMS for Serving Disadvantaged Patients

January 14, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 3
CMS, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

The study found that the CMS rating system does not account...Read More »

Restraint and Seclusion: Training Staff on Close Observation Precautions for At-Risk Patients

January 13, 2020
Webinars
CMS, Healthcare Violence, Medical Error Prevention, Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention

This training program will provide information for supervisors and staff observers about restraint and seclusion, ensuring they can meet both the needs of patients and the myriad of rules and regulations, all while keeping staff safe.

Q&A: What You Need to Know About CMS’ Antimicrobial Stewardship Rule

January 7, 2020
Accreditation Insider - Volume 14 Issue 2
Accreditation, CMS, Infection Control, Medication Management

The following is a Q&A with two experts at Chicago-based Lumere, a healthcare think tank focused on helping health systems eliminate...Read More »

Review your antibiotic stewardship program against latest CoP revisions

January 2, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation, CMS, Infection Control, Medication Management

Hospital antibiotic stewardship programs will become a Condition of Participation (CoP) requirement as of March 30, 2020.Read More »

CMS updates IC CoP as of March 30

January 2, 2020
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 2
Accreditation, CMS, Infection Control, Medication Management

Here is the revised wording of the hospital Condition of Participation (CoP) adding requirements for antibiotic stewardship. Read More »

CMS updates its surveyor’s manual for first time in more than a year

December 23, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 54
Accreditation, CMS

Just in time for the holidays, CMS is offering the gift of a newly revised State Operations Manual (SOM), one of the first significant overhauls...Read More »

CMS offers training on new electronic form for restraint-related deaths

December 23, 2019
Accreditation Insider - Volume 13 Issue 54
CMS, Healthcare Violence, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

As of January 1, CMS eliminated the paper version of the form to report patient deaths associated with restraint or seclusion. Read More »

Review home health discharge planning changes to assess hospital impact

December 10, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 1
CMS, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement

After four years, a proposed rule, and a deadline extension, CMS has finalized the conditions home health agencies must meet through the discharge...Read More »

Expect the next decade to focus on coping with new technology and old problems

December 10, 2019
Inside Accreditation & Quality - Volume 2 Issue 1
Accreditation, CMS, Data Tracking, Emergency Management, Environment and Facilities, Healthcare Violence, HFAP, Infection Control, Joint Commission, Leadership, Life Safety, Medical Error Prevention, Medication Management, National Patient Safety Goals, Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality Improvement, Sentinel Event Alerts, Suicide Prevention, Survey Coordinator Training, Survey Preparation

Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of...Read More »

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