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Hospice: Do Your Part for a Successful Survey
Your survey for ACHC Hospice Accreditation is a collaborative effort between the Surveyor and your agency. Each is responsible for performing certain duties to collectively ensure a successful survey experience.
Renal Dialysis: Do Your Part for a Successful Survey
Your survey for ACHC Renal Dialysis Accreditation is a collaborative effort between the Surveyor and your organization. Each is responsible for performing certain duties to collectively ensure a successful survey experience.
Specimen Collection, Shelf-Life Extensions, and More
From best practices for collecting suspected monkeypox specimens to dealing with possible false negatives on COVID-19 testing, the CDC and the FDA provide updates and advice. Review the topics below and share the information with your networks.
Home Health: Do Your Part for a Successful Survey
Your survey for ACHC Home Health Accreditation is a collaborative effort between the Surveyor and your agency. Each is responsible for performing certain duties to collectively ensure a successful survey experience.
Preparing for the End of the COVID-19 PHE
On July 15, Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, extended the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration for another 90 days. One month later, on August 18, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a blog titled, “Creating a Roadmap for the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.”
The Monkeypox PHE
Two years ago, “PHE” probably wasn’t one of the health care acronyms that everyone immediately understood. COVID changed that and monkeypox has reinforced the learning with the declaration made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services on August 4, 2022.