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Countless terms are bandied about regarding strategies to assure medical record documentation meets accreditation and certification standards. Random sampling, concurrent review, prevalence studies are just a few that come to mind. But have you ever heard of "choke points"?...

The days of a stand-alone hospital are fast coming to an end. Multi-hospital health systems are now the norm, not the exception. While the benefits of a hospital belonging to a health system are many, CMS compliance is not one of them! Medicare expects each hospital to…

Advances in technology have fundamentally changed how healthcare is delivered. Hospitals now have access to clinicians that provide high quality care by remote locations. Twenty years ago, the idea of a physician in New York treating a patient in Montana via live…

You're preparing for survey and the question arises; Are the medications in your care area "secure"? Understanding what it means for a medication to be considered secured is the first step in the process. Absent State regulations to the contrary, CMS has clearly...

BACKGROUND
It’s no secret that both CMS and accrediting organizations (AO) spend a significant amount of time assessing a hospital’s compliance to fire safety requirements. That’s understandable. A fire in a hospital could have catastrophic consequences. Fortunately...