Did you hear? The 2013 AHAP conference will be held on June 6-7, 2013, and we’re going back to Vegas! The Flamingo Las Vegas Casino & Hotel will be hosting us this year, and we hope you al...

What can we say, we like our odds! That’s why we’re headed back to Las Vegas for the 2013 Seventh Annual AHAP conference, June 6-7, 2013 at the Flamingo Las Vegas Casino and Hotel. For t...

Provider groups that claim to be accountable care organizations (ACOs) now have a way to prove it through an accreditation program offered by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)....

Q: The surveyor cited two behavioral health records not having documentation of medication education. Can I clarify this finding? ...

Q: I was recently assigned the chapter leader for the Rights and Responsibilities of the Individual (RI) chapter. What are my responsibilities?...

True or false: Healthcare providers are expected to ask a patient about his or her pain and to provide treatment to relieve that pain. ...

Editor's note: Guest columnist Kate Smith, RN, is director of quality improvement at ­Newton Medical Center in ­Covington, Ga. ...

Hello, AHAP members. We’re hoping to book our next networking call soon, and a somewhat broad but very timely topic has been suggested: Successful compliance with the latest round of CMS Condi...

True or False: The risk for potential error is higher when orders are given verbally or over the telephone. ...

True or False: A nursing assessment should be completed within 24 hours of the patient’s admission to the hospital. ...