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Doing the waive: Categorical waivers are still in the mix…

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant In preparation for last week’s missive on the transmission of fire alarm signals during fire drills (more on that in a moment), I ran across a CMS cat...

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Survey readiness: TJC changes EP on spare sprinkler heads again

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Fire & Life Safety

Review your hospital’s inventory of different types of sprinkler heads, and then ensure you have at least six spare sprinkler heads for each type and temperature rating of those installed in your faci...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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30% of hospitals are noncompliant with CMS price transparency rule

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors

Unsurprisingly, more hospitals were compliant with the 300 consumer-friendly shoppable services portion of the rule than the machine-readable file portion, with 60% of hospitals complying with the sho...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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HHS says it will give 60 days’ notice before ending PHE

February 03, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

HHS says it will give states 60 days’ notice before it officially ends the COVID-19 public health emergency. ...

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Too tired to prepare for survey? Do it anyway, and here are tips

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The last few months of managing a pandemic have exhausted you. But you still need to prepare for that upcoming survey, whenever it happens, whether it’s a virtual review or an on-site visit. Start ...

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Report to Congress: Validation surveys overhaul will go forward

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

CMS announced in 2019 that, in an attempt to address complaints that hospital surveys to validate findings by accreditation organizations (AO) were done too long after the fact and that facilities wer...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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Joint Commission issues alert to help nurses, healthcare workers with COVID-19 crisis

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control

One Iowa nurse quoted in the publication explained in stark terms how the continuing onslaught of COVID-19 is pushing nurses and other frontline healthcare workers beyond physical exhaustion and infli...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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CMS updates accrediting organizations on when to pause surveys

February 05, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

CMS tells AOs they can put surveys on hold, if necessary. But not all AOs may change current schedules. ...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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Becoming a Legionella prevention expert: Get certified on ASSE 12080

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Environment and Facilities, Infection Control

Healthcare providers can now sign up for a ASSE training course on core water pathogen competencies such as environmental testing, risk assessment, water safety and management programs, mitigation and...

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CMS still not happy with AOs’ performance, wants tougher findings

February 17, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Expect accrediting organizations (AO) to get even tougher on problems found within the physical environment after yet another critical CMS report to Congress about the agency’s oversight of AOs. CMS ...

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Doing the waive: Categorical waivers are still in the mix…

Survey readiness: TJC changes EP on spare sprinkler heads again

30% of hospitals are noncompliant with CMS price transparency rule

HHS says it will give 60 days’ notice before ending PHE

Too tired to prepare for survey? Do it anyway, and here are tips

Report to Congress: Validation surveys overhaul will go forward

Joint Commission issues alert to help nurses, healthcare workers with COVID-19 crisis

CMS updates accrediting organizations on when to pause surveys

Becoming a Legionella prevention expert: Get certified on ASSE 12080

CMS still not happy with AOs’ performance, wants tougher findings

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