Category: Quality

HCA Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., has submitted a plan of correction to address deficiencies and remove its immediate jeopardy status, a CMS spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s Feb 8. 

In recent weeks, The Joint Commission has unveiled a new badge initiative to boost support for unpaid caregivers, created an international sustainability certification program and more. 

Between 2010 and 2019, CMS cited 2.16% of surveyed hospitals each year for restraint or seclusion issues. In 2020, that figure dropped to 0.8%, according to CMS data. 

The Joint Commission’s authority to accredited home infusion services on behalf of CMS has been renewed by the federal agency. 

CMS has sent a letter to HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., to notify leadership that the hospital is in immediate jeopardy and must take action to avert the loss of federal funding, according to letters obtained by the Asheville Watchdog.

Eight hospitals have achieved The Joint Commission’s new health equity certification, which the accrediting organization rolled out in July.

The Joint Commission has published new guidelines for total hip and knee replacements as part of its ongoing revisions, which all take effect July 1.

Over the past five years, hospitals received fewer citations among a dozen categories, while two became more popular, according to CMS data obtained by Becker’s. 

An epidemiologist in Washington, D.C., called the World Health Organization’s new COVID-19 guideline “droplet dogma,” and other experts said it promotes disproven ideas, CIDRAP reported Jan. 26. 

The Joint Commission is cutting more than 200 standards across its accreditation programs, many of which will take effect July 1.