Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Nursing homes struggling to get uncertified temporary nurse aides (TNA) trained to federal training requirements by the Oct. 7 deadline now have...Read More »

The Joint Commission is still catching up on the surveys backlogged during the COVID-19 pandemic—but they are catching up.Read More »

Hospitals are now battling both monkeypox and COVID-19 as twin health emergencies, but CMS has signaled that the waivers and flexibilities allowed...Read More »

The Joint Commission’s newly reorganized and revised Emergency Management standards do not address crisis of care standards now, but the...Read More »

The long-awaited update to The Joint Commission’s (TJC) Survey Activity Guide for hospitals is finally online. Read More »

Medical errors can be devastating. For patients and their families, an error can be a life-altering or even fatal event. But for physicians and...Read More »

This month, we continue our review of The Joint Commission’s new and revised workplace violence (WPV) prevention requirements effective January 1...Read More »

How can MSPs reduce the number of days to process a credentialing file while not rushing through the process and letting problem practitioners...Read More »

Ted Saunders is a certified fire protection specialist and a certified Life Safety Code^® (LSC) ...Read More »

CMS officials have been busy this summer updating Conditions of Participation, proposing new CoPs and issuing guidance that...Read More »