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Joint Commission to certify hospitals as primary-care medical homes
By Andis Robeznieks | February 21, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Joint Commission-accredited acute-care and critical-care hospitals whose ambulatory-care offerings include primary-care services can now receive additional certification as a primary-care medical home.
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NQF, Joint Commission award top quality and safety performers
By Maureen McKinney | February 06, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A Houston-based health system and an Oakland, Calif.-based integrated health plan are among the three 2012 recipients of the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards, given jointly by the National Quality Forum and the Joint Commission.
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Joint Commission revamps nursing home accreditation
By Maureen McKinney | January 07, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Joint Commission replaced its accreditation program for long-term-care facilities with one that includes new patient-centered care standards and a certification option for specialty services.
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Translation services firm acquires rival
By Maureen McKinney | January 07, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Language Line Services, a Monterey, Calif., provider of phone-based interpretation and translation services to healthcare, manufacturing and other industries, has acquired Dallas-based competitor Pacific Interpreters in a deal that Language Line Services says will form the largest provider of...
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Project seen cutting colorectal surgical-site infections
By Andis Robeznieks | November 28, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Seven institutions participating in a Joint Commission and American College of Surgeons quality-improvement project to reduce colorectal surgical-site infection rates saved more than $3.7 million by avoiding 135 infections over a 2½-year period.
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Joint Commission awards first comprehensive stroke center certification
By Paul Barr | November 16, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Joint Commission awarded its first comprehensive stroke center certification to the Stanford Stroke Center at Stanford Hospital & Clinics in Palo Alto, Calif.
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Joint Commission ranks 620 hospitals as top performers on quality measures
By Maureen McKinney | September 19, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
In a news conference announcing the Joint Commission's latest list of top performers in quality and safety, President Dr. Mark Chassin contrasted his organization's list with others that assign individual quality ratings or letter grades to hospitals.
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Blog: Bill collections at a Minnesota hospital run afoul of CMS
By Melanie Evans | September 19, 2012
Hospitals increasingly ask patients to pay a medical bill when they arrive or before they leave. Here's a look at how one Minnesota hospital went too far to collect bills and violated Medicare rules and a law that safeguards access to emergency medical care, regardless of ability to pay.
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Joint Commission announces complex-stroke certification program
By Maureen McKinney | September 04, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The Joint Commission announced it has launched an advanced certification program geared specifically toward stroke centers that care for complex cases.
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Evolving accreditation | Rise of ACOs prompts group to expand services beyond ambulatory care
By Maureen McKinney | August 18, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The accreditation industry is beginning to feel the ripple effects of the rapid growth of accountable care organizations and other payment models, experts say.
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