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January 2022 Newsletter
In the News This Month
Happy New Year! As this new year begins we wish that it brings you and your organization closer to the utmost of Quality Care for stellar patient, staff and guest health and welfare.
The New Year can be a time for reflection and resolution. What better time to assess your healthcare accreditation agency affiliation to ascertain the optimal fit with your organization’s strategies, goals, and culture. This month, Denise provides a glimpse at this very sort of evaluation in her first of a series “Healthcare Accreditation – A Look At Your Options”, and takes a closer look at DNV.
Pat’s article spotlights the final guidance provided from CMS on co-located hospitals, along with highlights on what the regulations require, where the focus for compliance will be and what healthcare staff can do to be prepared.
- By Denise Smith, RN, MS, CLNC, HACP-CMS, Senior Consultant
Healthcare accreditation has many benefits for an organization, but choosing the right agency can be challenging. Learn how to choose
The Author
Joseph Esch, MBA CHFM
Joseph Esch is a Life safety surveyor and consultant. He is trained under the HFAP Acute Care and Critical Access Hospital requirements, as well as The Joint Commission accreditation requirements for the physical environment, fire safety, Life Safety Code®, and Emergency Management chapters. Joseph has 14 years in healthcare, his primary focus is the operations, plant and the physical environment. He has assisted in the planning and initial startup of facility programs in several acute care facilities, including the implementation of CMMS, compliance program, capital forecasting, and facility condition indexing and has been chairman of the EOC committee. He currently holds a Certified Healthcare Facility Manager certification issued by the American Hospital association in 2015 and is a member of the American Society of Healthcare Engineers and the local chapter of Chesapeake Area for Healthcare Engineers.
- By Patricia Cook, BS, R.Ph, HACP-CMS, Head of Consulting
On November 12, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) provided final guidance for the long-awaited regulations related
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Our healthcare accreditation & regulatory compliance team are experts in the healthcare industry and collectively sharing more than two centuries of healthcare knowledge, wisdom & guidance. Our core team along with our top-notch partners provide a wealth of knowledge, wisdom and guidance to assist you with performance improvement and regulatory success.
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