Articles Tagged With: requirements
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States Ease Licensing and Credentialing; Use Caution
Many states have lifted some restrictions on clinician licensing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing hospitals to call on more available professionals to handle the increased patient load. Although the relaxed rules are welcomed in the face of the crisis, peer review and compliance leaders should proceed with some caution.
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The Pushback to Burdensome Authorization Requirements Has Begun
It is hard to dispute the fact that prior authorization requirements place a heavy burden on both patients and providers. Yet the number of services and medications requiring auths continues to increase. Read on to learn about several trends.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Risk Behavior and Toxoplasma; Embolic Risk and Vegetation Size; Recertification: Is There a Better Way?
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TJC to Survey Fire Life Safety Code
TJC announced recently that it is now including the 2012 version of the National Fire Protection Association’s 101 Life Safety Code in surveys, following the lead of CMS. The rule covers hospitals, critical access hospitals, inpatient hospices, long-term care facilities, intermediate care facilities, and ambulatory surgical centers.
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Final Rule Published on Fire Safety Requirements
CMS has announced a final rule to update ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities’ fire protection guidelines to improve protections from fire for all Medicare beneficiaries in facilities.
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Final Stark rule still leaves uncertainty
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued the final rule on the Stark law regarding kickbacks. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services clarified some points, but left questions unanswered.