In looking through the ol’ e-mail bag, I received a request for info relative to what the “magic number” was to be able to “count” an influx exercise in compliance with t...

In case you missed it, OSHA’s Hazard Communications Standard has been revised to align with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) and th...

Will any of you be headed to Brooklyn for Executive Briefings on September 5th? AHAP will be represented in the audience there (I’ll be in attendance to listen in on what The Joint Commission ...

Last week while we were in Orlando preparing for the AHAP conference, Joint Commission Resources (JCR) announced the release of the Joint Commission Certified Accreditation Professional (JCCAP) prog...

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The 2013 AHAP conference, to be held June 6-7, 2013 at The Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, will include a poster session as part of its conference offerings. It’s an informal...

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report recently as a warning to Medicaid providers who don’t keep careful watch over their books. The report comes on the heels of a study that...

A panel of healthcare leaders met recently to discuss a recent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) report citing that there has been little progress at reducing hospital readmissions for Medicare ...

At the end of May, CMS released its latest revisions to the Conditions of Participation (CoP) for hospitals and ­critical access hospitals (CAH). "These changes are an integral part of our &s...