If you are expecting a survey from your accreditation organization (AO) in the upcoming weeks and months, check in with your liaison. All four hospital AOs have suspending most or all survey activities during the national emergency to deal with COVID-19.
Keeping supplies in-house may continue to be a security problem as long as COVID-19 grips the nation.
Not only are hospitals grappling with trying to find N95 medical masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) as the supply chain rushes to keep up with the spread of the pandemic...
Many hospitals and other facilities have been dealing with an overflow of patients since March, while other have been preparing for an immediate future of uncertainty and fear as the virus spreads.
That includes being inundated by information from federal agencies, including CMS, CDC, FDA...
The sweeping "Hospitals Without Walls" initiative take effect immediately and allows hospitals to bill Medicare for services in unconventional settings.
Healthcare facilities and public health officials now must inform emergency responders when they have been exposed to the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
In full recognition that the longer the COVID-19 condition persists, the crazier it gets to folks on the front lines, so my intent is to (try—we’ll see how this works out...