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Conditions Of Participation
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AHA: CMS sticks to 'antiquated' medical staff structure
The American Hospital Association (AHA) quietly applauded the final rule to the Conditions of Participation , in which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week eased up on more than...
Hospitals need updated visitation policies, staff training
Following revised Medicare's Conditions of Participation and The Joint Commission's rules on visitation rights, all Medicare- and Medicaid-participating hospitals, including critical access
Proposed nurse scope-of-practice expansion to improve discharge
For the first time in 25 years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is reviewing more than 450 comments related to overhauling the Conditions of Participation (CoP) to expand the scope
HHS rule to ease hospital system management
As part of new proposed regulations introduced on Tuesday by Health & Human Services (HHS), multi-hospital systems would no longer need multiple governing bodies--a departure from each individual
CMS to review 'burdensome' hospital requirements
The U.S Department of Health and Human Services has released a plan for the retrospective review of regulations that could potentially be streamlined or removed altogether for being overly
CMS gives DNV Healthcare authority to accredit U.S. hospitals
CMS has given an outside organization the ability to accredit U.S. hospitals for the first time in 30 years. The organization, DNV Healthcare Inc., has been granted this status from now until
HFMA ANI 2008: Advice on preparing for a Medicare audit
Today, it's a virtual certainty that you'll come under the watchful eye of Medicare's Recovery Audit Contractors, who have been tasked with investigating providers in all 50 states. The question is,
