As we track survey results for our clients, we are seeing a recent trend related to trauma assessment and want to make you aware of it. The Joint Commission standard on trauma assessment is in the Behavioral Health manual. It’s standard CTS.02.02.05: “The...
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Are you a psychiatric hospital that uses your Joint Commission accreditation for deemed status to satisfy Medicare certification requirements? If so, there’s an important new TJC Accreditation Participation Requirement for you to be aware of. Effective July 1, 2018,...
read moreAs we know, TJC has deeming authority from CMS for both acute care hospitals and psychiatric hospitals. As part of its oversight of TJC’s deemed status survey process, CMS conducts validation surveys to assess TJC’s performance in evaluating a hospital’s compliance...
read moreAre you expecting a TJC survey in 2018? If so, be ready for surveyors to explore how your organization has evaluated its Culture of Safety and what you’ve done with the results of that evaluation. We’ve already seen this occurring in 2018 surveys based on feedback...
read moreMany organizations and programs accredited under TJC’s Behavioral Healthcare standards are striving to implement the new outcomes measurement requirements effective January 2018. (See our October 2017 newsletter.) Several readers have asked what instruments folks are...
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