New CMS 'flexibilities' aim to expand hospital capacity

The federal government has unveiled new “flexibilities” that include allowances...

CMS launches new hospital-at-home program for acute care

"We're at a new level of crisis response with COVID-19 and CMS is leveraging the latest...

OSHA Let Employers Decide Whether to Report Healthcare Worker Deaths. Many Didn?t.

As Walter Veal cared for residents at the Ludeman Developmental Center in suburban Chicago, he saw...

Be afraid, be very afraid…but do it anyway!

Source: Mac's Safety Space

In what is probably not really a surprise, the feds have not updated the status of the Public Health Emergency....

TJC at ASHE: New requirements, revised process and tougher job for LSC surveyors

Don’t be surprised if TJC Life Safety Code® (LSC) surveyors go into places you may not have seen them venture into in years past. The same goes for clinical surveyors, who literally may be getting up in your kitchen—and possibly in the kitchens of any on-site commercial food service if it serves patients or residents.

Civil unrest while managing a pandemic: Lessons learned

CMS requires an all-hazards approach to emergency management. While some communities are familiar with gang violence and mass casualty shootings, few are prepared for riots.

Mental health and COVID-19: Study finds bilateral impact

The study authors wrote that there’s a bilateral relationship between mental health and COVID-19. On one hand, their findings stated that patients who’ve already been diagnosed with a mental health disorder are 65% more likely to catch COVID-19.

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