Revised CAH Requirement for Credentialing and Quality Assurance
The Joint Commission Standard LD.04.01.01, Element of Performance (EP) 5, already addresses The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Condition of Participation (CoP) for critical access hospitals that requires an agreement to be made with respect to credentialing and quality assurance. This revision to the EP clarifies that a critical access hospital can make the agreement with one of the three sources listed rather than having to do so with all of them. For more information, click here.
Requirements for Emergency Management Oversight
New Joint Commission requirements and revisions address leadership accountability for hospital-wide emergency management in hospitals and critical access hospitals. The prepublication requirements and revisions, announced earlier this week, provide a clearer description of leadership-level oversight of emergency management, according to The Joint Commission. To access the Prepublication Requirements, click here.
