The Joint Commission has released pre-publication standards for behavioral healthcare organizations that provide prevention and wellness promotion services. The new standards require that the organization’s prevention and wellness promotion services have a written plan, are managed by...
The next Quarterly Conference Call is scheduled for this Wednesday, May 23, at 2pm EST/1pm Central/11am Pacific. For those members who have signed up, a notification with dial-in instructions should have been sent to you last week.
Have you had a chance to participate in this year’s Accreditation Professional Salary Survey? It is completely anonymous, as always. Remember, the more participants we have, the better and more accurate the data is. We will be sharing the results in a special report in just a few weeks.
Q: The surveyor found that on the behavioral health unit in the electronic medical records (EMR), the order for seclusion was not timed; therefore, it could not be determined when a four-hour renewal order for seclusion was needed, and it was written as “continuous” for a second...
Last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the final rule reforming the Hospital/CAH CoPs. This rule is available on display copy only and will publish officially to the Federal Register on May 16th. The DC office is in the process of completing a thorough review...
Last week while we were in Orlando preparing for the AHAP conference, Joint Commission Resources (JCR) announced the release of the Joint Commission Certified Accreditation Professional (JCCAP) program, a professional certification program designed specifically for Joint Commission...
We’ve wrapped up another great year at the annual AHAP conference. Thank you to all of our speakers, poster presenters, AHAP members, and attendees who made this year’s conference a success.
