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| On December 2, the American Hospital Association (AHA) sent a letter to president-elect Donald Trump asking him to reform 33 different CMS regulatory requirements and policies. The letter argues that reducing administrative complexity would save billions annually and allow providers to spend more time on patients, not paperwork. |
| Briefings on Accreditation and Quality The pressure is on for hospitals to organize their binders. Starting January 1, 2017, The Joint Commission is getting rid of its clarification process. That means facilities will be expected to have their documentation readily available during survey if they want to avoid a finding. Even if the documentation exists, surveyors will still consider it “not done” if you send it to them later.
To put it in high school terms: If you finish your essay but go to class without it, the teacher will now give you an automatic F instead of letting you turn it in on Monday.
That may become an issue for the 50% of hospital accreditation programs that request clarifications, 51% of which are in the Life Safety (LS) and Environment of Care (EC) chapters. 
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We call it a boot camp because it’s focused, in-depth training and when you finish the class, you’ll be an accreditation expert and ready to handle whatever your organization needs, such as:
- Identifying organizational weaknesses to improve survey results
- Knowing which regulations are applicable to your organization
- Interpreting accreditation standards and regulations
- Maintaining organizational readiness and identify vulnerabilities
- Implementing continuous survey readiness plans
- Coordinating site visits
- Identifying future trends likely to affect organizational compliance
- Responding to survey results, findings, and Requirements for Improvement
The Accreditation Specialist Boot Camps provide in-depth explanations of CMS and Joint Commission requirements, and briefly cover HFAP and DNV standards if students are accredited by those bodies. Instructors focus on teaching participants how to integrate continuous survey readiness into daily operations. Plus, you will leave with an entire catalogue of tools, templates, and resources that you can use at your organization.
Unique features of this Boot Camp include:
• Custom-designed course materials: All course materials were custom developed for the Boot Camp's intensive learning format
• Take-home tools: Head home armed with customizable tools that will save you time
• Hands-on teaching methods: Each course module includes exercises that are reviewed and discussed in class
• Small class size: The number of participants is limited to retain a low student-teacher ratio
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