The Joint Commission’s (TJC) newest engineering director, Herman A. McKenzie, MBA, CHSP, told hospital leadership that life safety (LS) trumps ligature risk. But be prepared to not have a choice.
After four years, a proposed rule, and a deadline extension, CMS has finalized the conditions home health agencies must meet through the discharge planning process.
Healthcare compliance changed quite a bit in the last decade. For one thing, fire safety moved into the current millennium with the adoption of the 2012 versions of NFPA 101 Life Safety Code® (LSC) and NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code®.
HFAP provided a handy list of what CoPs were to change, and stated that “all regulations are effective November 29, 2019 with the exceptions of those regarding QAPI in CAHs and the antibiotic stewardship programs in acute care hospitals and CAHs, which are effective at later dates, as noted.”
Watch for information on possible changes to medical record, nursing, and patients’ rights standards from The Joint Commission (TJC), HFAP, and other accrediting organizations now that CMS has published a final rule on discharge planning.
