Compliance with the Conditions of Participation (CoP) is required to meet Medicare and Medicaid hospital regulations. CMS makes updates to the CoPs on its website, but few have the time to sort throug...

Full edition of February/March 2017 edition of Briefings on Accreditation and Quality ...

Hospitals seeking accreditation have more options than ever. The Joint Commission, DNV, and AAHHS (which acquired HFAP in 2015) are all well established, but don’t count out the Center for Impro...

BOAQ: How big an impact will the addition of EP 12 of LD.01.03.01 make on hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory surgical centers? Will this require a significant change on their part? ...

The Joint Commission surveyors will now check to see if hospitals are compliant with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ban on powdered medical gloves. ...

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The Joint Commission announced an update of its “observer” definition in its accreditation and certification manuals. The new definition is meant to clarify the roles of surveyors and revi...

Last year, the American Hospital Association (AHA) sent two letters to President Trump asking him to reform CMS regulatory requirements. In the letters, AHA CEO and president Rick Pollack wrote that...

The Joint Commission has reversed its position on the use of text messaging to send patient care orders, once again banning the practice months after saying they were acceptable The original ban had b...