Treating patients with behavioral health issues such as substance abuse and social challenges such as homelessness pose several difficulties in emergency departments. For example, ED clinicians are under time pressure to treat patients with acute medical conditions and ED staff typically have...
CMS is putting a general hold on hospital surveys, except for those dealing with immediate jeopardy situations, for at least 30 days, in recognition of growing COVID-19 patient surges in many areas.
Hospitals facing recertification will be automatically extended for that 30 days.
