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What’s happening: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued proposed changes to accrediting organization (AO) requirements.
What else to know: The proposed changes are intended to strengthen the agency’s oversight of AOs and prevent conflicts of interest. Comments are due to CMS by 2 p.m. (PT) on April 15.
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The Joint Commission will eliminate or consolidate more than 200 accreditation standards in its hospital and other accreditation programs as part of an initiative to retire standards that go beyond the Medicare conditions of participation (CoP).
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What’s happening: CHA submitted comments in response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed changes to accrediting organization (AO) requirements.
What else to know: Comments were due to CMS on April 15.
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What’s happening: CHA is sharing its summary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule intended to strengthen oversight of accrediting organizations (AOs) such as The Joint Commission and Det Norske Veritas.
What else to know: While the proposed policies are applicable to AOs, several proposed changes will affect hospitals and health systems that rely on AO accreditation.
2024 Disaster Conference
This session offers best practices to help hospitals prepare for the emergency management session included in the hospital accreditation survey process. The presentation also includes tips and actions for survey readiness, based on the most frequently cited emergency management standards.
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CHA has submitted comments on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule on accrediting organization (AO) changes of ownership. The proposed rule outlines a process by which AOs need to obtain CMS approval for a change in ownership and the tight time frames that providers with deemed status must subsequently follow.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a request for information seeking comment on the financial relationship between Medicare-approved accrediting organizations (AOs) and the health care facilities they accredit. CMS is interested in input on actual or perceived conflicts of interest when AOs charge for consulting services to the facilities they monitor.
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CHA has submitted a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), responding to its request for information on the relationship between Medicare-approved accrediting organizations (AOs), their consultative entities and the health care facilities they accredit.
The linked resource provides a visualization of the association between the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Emergency Preparedness Final Rule Conditions of Participation and existing regulatory and accreditation standards.
There are different requirements for the various accrediting bodies and grant requirements. For example, the Hospital Preparedness Program grant may require participation in the Annual Statewide Medical Health Exercise.