Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will soon be soliciting comment on a proposed rule to strengthen protections “against conscience...Read More »

Be ready for surveyors with The Joint Commission to be ramping back up pre-pandemic levels. And the environment of care, fire safety and...Read More »

Be forewarned that CMS and other surveyors who were lax on some requirements within the physical environment during the COVID-19 public health...Read More »

While the COVID-19 public health emergency isn’t quite over, it’s becoming clear that surveys by The Joint Commission (TJC) have largely ramped...Read More »

Review your policies and procedures about spiking IV bags and block charting during rapid titration because the two largest accrediting...Read More »

CIHQ has been approved by CMS as a hospital accrediting organization through January 1, 2028.Read More »

Careful with those holiday decorations. They can bring joy, but too much joy can also bring a citation from CMS,  accrediting organizations or the...Read More »

“Because we are still on the 2012 edition [of the Life Safety Code^® (LSC)], there isn’t anything new,” Wytosick says...Read More »

Robert Campbell, PharmD, BCSCP, director of Medication Management and of TJC’s Standards Interpretation Group, gave a...Read More »

Acute care hospitals in rural areas with 50 beds or less or facilities that qualify as critical access hospitals might want to consider converting...Read More »