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CMS suspends restrictions on care venues as providers tackle COVID-19 surges

February 12, 2026

Environment and Facilities, Infection Control, Cybersecurity & Technology

The sweeping "Hospitals Without Walls" initiative take effect immediately and allows hospitals to bill Medicare for services in unconventional settings. ...

Accreditation & Quality Compliance Advisor

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New COVID-related information out on HIPAA, face masks, privileging and more

April 03, 2020

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Cybersecurity & Technology

COVID-19 related information continues to be released at a furious rate. The Joint Commission (TJC) has issued a statement supporting hospitals letting staff bring in their own masks when other per...

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Breaking news: CMS reminds providers about EMTALA obligations with COVID-19 patients

March 10, 2020

Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Cybersecurity & Technology

CMS reminds providers about EMTALA obligations with COVID-19 patients, update nursing home and hospice infection control guidance ...

Mac's Safety Space

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Do you still BBI? Also, how do you spell survey finding?

December 10, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Cybersecurity & Technology

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant N-O-I-N-V-E-N-T-O-R-Y While I am not convinced it every truly went away, next month marks the official return of one of the most (in)famous acronym...

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Sticker shock: Compliance your way (not someone else’s)!

October 14, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Cybersecurity & Technology

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant As we continue our October re-visitation of some of your more evergreen topics and I was thinking that I had covered this particular topic recently, b...

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Maybe there’s a hole in there somewhere: Keeping your critical equipment running!

August 06, 2019

Environment and Facilities, Physical environment, Cybersecurity & Technology

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant An interesting line of questioning is emerging in some recent survey activity (mostly during state visits, but the accreditation organizations are mov...

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Power Up: When your generator doesn’t carry a 30% load

January 31, 2019

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Environment and Facilities, Cybersecurity & Technology

By Steve MacArthur, Hospital Safety Consultant Particularly for smaller facilities (or, I suppose, big places with multiple generators), consistently meeting the requirement for a 30% load during m...

Patient Safety Monitor Journal

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CDC updates SSI guideline for the first time in 18 years

February 12, 2026

Climate Change, Cybersecurity & Technology, Environment and Facilities, Fire & Life Safety, Health Equity, Healthcare Staff, Infection Control, Quality & Errors

In May 2017, the CDC released its new guideline for surgical site infection (SSI) prevention, the first such update since the turn of the century. Between 2006 and 2009, roughly 1.9% of surgical pr...

Briefings on Accreditation & Quality

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Q&A: Navigating the telemedicine requirements

February 12, 2026

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

Editor’s note: This is the first year that Medicaid in all 50 states has adopted some form of telemedicine coverage. While technology has allowed for new and creative ways to connect patients and prov...

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Caucus pushes for telemedicine expansion in Congress

February 12, 2026

Cybersecurity & Technology

The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are considering both the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2017 and the Medicare Telehea...

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CMS suspends restrictions on care venues as providers tackle COVID-19 surges

New COVID-related information out on HIPAA, face masks, privileging and more

Breaking news: CMS reminds providers about EMTALA obligations with COVID-19 patients

Do you still BBI? Also, how do you spell survey finding?

Sticker shock: Compliance your way (not someone else’s)!

Maybe there’s a hole in there somewhere: Keeping your critical equipment running!

Power Up: When your generator doesn’t carry a 30% load

CDC updates SSI guideline for the first time in 18 years

Q&A: Navigating the telemedicine requirements

Caucus pushes for telemedicine expansion in Congress

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