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January 2, 2019

CMS Looks Into Whether AOs Have Conflicts of Interest

Ever had questions about whether it was good or appropriate to pay your accrediting organization (AO) for consulting services on how to comply with the same standards they set that allows you to stay in business? CMS is interested in that question as well.

Briefings on Accreditation and Quality

Joint Commission: Four new suicide prevention EPs, three revised

The Joint Commission (TJC) announced revisions to its suicide prevention National Patient Safety Goal on November 27. NPSG 15.01.01 now has seven elements of performance (EP), up from three and will take effect July 1, 2019.

Index

BOAQ 2018 index

Most would agree 2018 was a busy and interesting year. With that in mind, we’ve made you this nifty index of all the BOAQ articles from 2018. We hope this helps you out and look forward to keeping you abreast of all things accreditation and quality.

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