Surviving the 2009 Accreditation for CMS and Joint Commission

Dale Wolf | Apr 04, 2009 | 0 comments

ruth-elzer-rn1Nationally recognized speaker Ruth Elzer, Compass Clinical Consulting Group’s Practice Leader for Accreditation and Compliance Services, will present an advanced educational seminar  entitled “Practical Advice for 2009: Surviving the Joint Commission and CMS”on May 4, 2009, at the Swedish Medical in Seattle, Washington,

Significant Changes – 87 New Requirements

The Joint Commission has 87 new and revised requirements for 2009. Although some standards contain minimal changes, others create new expectations and documentation requirements. Last-minute additions in January will require additional resources to address compliance.

Searching for Flaws

The new survey philosophy (”searching for flaws rather than searching for validation”) also makes it likely that there will be more adverse findings during survey.

Makes Compliance More Difficult

Because the standards leave much to interpretation, hospitals are vulnerable to misunderstanding during survey, making compliance more difficult.

Practical Solutions – Immediate Actions

The “Practical Advice for Surviving the Joint Commission and Survey Process” advanced educational seminar explains how to prepare for the survey process, focusing on the issues that hold the greatest risk for hospitals in 2009.  It provides practical solutions for taking immediate action towards the best possible survey outcomes.

How to Survive the Joint Commission and CMS

Upon completion of the seminar, participants will be able to:

  1. Discuss the elements behind the tougher survey process for 2009.
  2. Discuss the impact that the January CMS-driven standard additions to the Joint Commission manual will have on organizational readiness.
  3. Identify three requirements that must be documented for the survey of the leadership standards by the Joint Commission.
  4. Differentiate between the standards and survey processes of The Joint Commission and CMS.
  5. Identify three areas of compliance that could lead to an RFI in their organization.

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For more information review the complete description of  “Practical Advice for Surviving the Joint Commission and CMS Survey Process”

Registration form for the “Practical Advice for  Surviving the Joint Commission and CMS Survey Process” seminar.

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From sports journalist to editor of an international trade magazine to Marketing Director for 3 companies before founding WBK Marketing, eventually one of the 50 largest promotional marketing agencies in America. Dale has pioneered "contextual marketing" for successful brands at P&G, Pepsi, Disney, Toshiba, Compaq, Imation, 3M and many regional hospitals and healthcare insurers. “From my days in college as a pre-med student and working as a transporter for Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, to developing marketing programs for hospitals and health insurers, I have always had a passion for how science and medicine can help bring sick people back to health. Hospitals are incredibly complex organizations, with two large clinical teams (doctors and nurses) and many highly skilled specialists and therapists. There are times when various groups working in medical centers have opposing view points that can lead to dissonance, which at the extreme can potentially impair patient safety and quality outcomes. The work we do at Compass Clinical Consulting guides many of these hospitals through contentious issues, process failure or breakdown with a negative impact on financial stability. Our department of education and information services has been assembled to produce high-value content for hospital leaders. Our goal is to help these leaders transform their organizations into better hospitals by reducing the cost of delivering safe, quality healthcare.” Dale has been an active blogger since 2004 when he launched The Perfect Customer Experience (www.perfectcem.com); recently recognized as one of Top 20 CRM blogs and on healthcare improvement (www.better-hospitals.com) where we now communicate about issues that impact making better American hospitals.

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