The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reached another resolution during its ongoing effort to ensure the comprehensive enforcement of the HIPAA...Read More »
Hospitals must ensure patients are not subject to sensitive examinations while under anesthesia without providers and trainees first obtaining and...Read More »
The most recent manifestation of CMS’s intent to keep the improvements coming focuses on an expansion of the scope of onsite surveys to include...Read More »
A 2024 proposal from CMS could cost accreditation organizations (AO) millions and completely change the accreditation survey process. If Congress...Read More »
On February 15, 2024, CMS issued a proposed rule that included multiple new requirements for all accreditation organizations (AO), specifically...Read More »
The landscape of healthcare compliance has continued to evolve, influenced by new standards, ongoing challenges, and the lingering impacts of the...Read More »
Assessing compliance with the LSC has always been a tricky proposition, since a deficiency that is obvious to one individual might not be so...Read More »
