tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 23

Hospice: JCAHO STAYS ON FOR HOSPICE ACCREDITATION

The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will serve as a national accrediting organization for Medicare and Medicaid hospice facilities for another six years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says in a May 30 Federal Register notice. CMS's reapproval of JCAHO - which is based on a determination that the accrediting body's standards are at least as rigorous as those laid out in Medicare's conditions of participation - extends JCAHO's deeming authority through June 19, 2009. To see the notice, go to www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fedreg/a030530c.html. ...

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