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Home care accreditation – Medication management
Home care accreditation standards of The Joint Commission require compliance in several areas, including medication management, with non-compliance possibly resulting in conditional deficiencies for applying home health agencies. Some important areas to assess for compliance regarding a home health agency medication management program are:
a. Do progress notes make reference...
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For home health agencies, accreditation can seem like a puzzle with no solution. Just choosing which accreditation to pursue can be a confusing and difficult challenge without the right guide. You might be facing questions such as: What are my needs? Is the additional expense of The Joint Commission Accreditation...
Read More NCQA Accreditation
PSN is dedicated to providing strong expertise in NCQA - focused consulting. Our NCQA consultants have actual experience as NCQA surveyors... We are very focused in providing only the best qualified consultants in any of our accreditation – related consulting services in order that clients are successful! Our NCQA consultant...
Read More NCQA Accreditation and Certification Surveys: How to Best Prepare
Preparation for an NCQA accreditation or certification survey can still be a struggle, but it doesn’t have to be so. Three action items can dramatically reduce the preparation struggle and increase an organization’s success:
1. Provide adequate resources: The NCQA standards not only address quality improvement, but they also address a...
Read More HEDIS measures – National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
What is HEDIS? HEDIS stands for Health care Effectiveness Data and Information Set. This is a performance measurement strategy implemented by health plans maintaining NCQA accreditation. Data regarding HEDIS measures are collected annually by the majority (more than 90%) of health plans in the United States to gauge their performance...
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