Accreditation & Survey Preparation

On October 13, CMS announced a push to improve physician engagement and their experience within the Medicare system. To achieve this goal, the...Read More »

Editor's note: The following is an edited excerpt from The Joint Commission's recent...Read More »

A preliminary denial offers a stark reminder that even top-rated hospitals are not ­immune to survey deficienciesRead More »

In August, Morehead Memorial Hospital of Eden, North Carolina, became the 150th hospital in the United States to receive ISO 9001:...Read More »

The Joint Commission's new standards for residential and outpatient eating disorder programs went into effect on July 1. The...Read More »

In August, CMS announced a few changes to the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), changing how pneumonia readmissions...Read More »

Between 2010 and 2015, hospital readmission rates have dropped an average of 8% nationally, with 100,000 unnecessary patient readmissions avoided...Read More »