Do you want to learn how to effectively respond to CMS letters, reports, and adverse actions by knowing the rules and anticipating important milestones in the process? Or how to meet state and federal regulations without overburdening your facility? Greeley consultants Bud Pate, REHS, and Lisa...
The AHAP blog brings you more of the accreditation news you need, updated on a regular basis. The free online forum provides readers with a chance to learn about new accreditation regulations. The blog also provides a chance for you, the reader, to share your opinion and expertise posting...
The Joint Commission’s plan to implement CMS telemedicine standards for hospitals, both acute and critical access, has been pushed back until March 2011, according to an official announcement from the accrediting body.
True or false: It is important to ensure that we provide information to our patients in a manner in which they can understand. This may include the use of translation or interpretive services, as well as ensuring that the information is in a format at a grade level and in a language...
True or false: It is important to train staff members to be able to recognize early warning signs of cardiac or respiratory arrest because early response to these changes may reduce cardiopulmonary arrests and deaths.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a notice of proposed changes to the inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS). These proposed changes include language for adoption of two healthcare acquired infection (HAI) measures: central-line associated blood...
True or false: More people are receiving organ/tissue transplants each year, and those individuals who receive transplanted organs/tissues are living much longer.
