The Joint Commission has issued preliminary denial of accreditation for Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital, a mental health facility in downtown Las Vegas, over a patient dumping scandal. Click the link to read more.
The Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule establishes controversial terms that distinguish an inpatient admission from "observation" status, for which hospitals receive lower rates of Medicare reimbursement. Click the link above to read more.
As I was cruising through the updated State Operations Manual from CMS, I happened upon something that I can honestly say I’d not really “seen” before. And so, I direct you to a paragraph from the guidance provided to surveyors conducting CMS surveys. Click the link above to read more.
Fill in the blank: Hospitals are expected to provide information to patients in a format that the patient can understand and comprehend. This information should be appropriate to _____________, _____________, and _____________.
The Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality has announced that it is the latest organization to receive deemed status for acute care hospitals from CMS. This allows CIHQ’s hospital accreditation program to deem hospitals to be in compliance with CMS Conditions of Participation. Click the...
The results of our latest benchmarking survey, the annual Accreditation Professional Salary survey, have been posted to the AHAP site. Click the link above to get the results.
Medication safety as a concept seems simple. To ensure patients safely receive the right medication and dose, implement proven methods to avoid errors. To discover those methods, look at where problems almost or actually occur. But in a hospital, a fear-based hierarchy and...
Briefings on Accreditation & Quality - Volume 24, Issue 8
The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goal 07.05.01 on surgical site infections has been modified, and surveyors have currently stopped citing organizations that are out of compliance with element of performance (EP) 5 of the standard.
