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Background Checks Boost Safety Efforts
As a sleep care provider, patients trust you to deliver excellent services in a safe environment. Performing background checks on employees confirms your commitment to ensuring patients receive secure, quality care.
Home Health: Preparing for Survey Interviews Can Ease Concerns
Your survey for ACHC Home Health Accreditation is an independent assessment that evaluates your agency’s compliance with recognized national standards for quality and safety.
Ensure Patient Records Contain Required Items
Patient medical records are used by sleep facility personnel to monitor and document the plan of care for each patient.
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.