Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Telehealth and digital health advocates aren’t pleased with the US Drug Enforcement Agency’s proposed rules for prescribing controlled substances...Read More »

Surveyors are being trained to spot problems with environmental risk assessments required under National Patient Safety Goal 15.Read More »

Including the workplace violence worksite assessment in the annual evaluation process will help keep the topic in mind, but also informg...Read More »

Hospitals may soon have to measure energy use, fleet vehicle gas consumption, solid waste disposal, and other measures under proposed climate...Read More »

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Almost every critical access hospital surveyed by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care from June 1, 2021, to May 31, 2022, was cited with...Read More »

CMS has revised and updated its State Operations Manual (SOM), Appendix M, on interpretive guidelines for hospice Conditions of...Read More »

For ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC), personnel records, governing body...Read More »

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) are once again being reminded that they must...Read More »

As I am fond of saying, buildings are never more perfect than the moment before you let people inside.Read More »