Health Care Financing Administration--Validation of accreditation surveys of hospitals. Final regulation.
These amendments modify current Medicare regulations dealing with hospitals accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH) and the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to restate these regulations more simply and clearly. Specifically, the amendments: (1) provide for consultation with the JCAH or AOA on survey findings prior to placing an accredited hospital under State survey agency monitoring; (2) recognize the JCAH and AOA institutional planning standards for hospitals as equivalent to the Medicare institutional planning requirement; (3) provide for consultation with JCAH and AOA before the Secretary promulgates standards that are higher or more precise than those used by JCAH or AOA; and (4) include reference, in the provision on State agency surveys, to chiropractors, end-stage renal disease treatment facilities, rural health clinics, and physical therapists in independent practice.
D000068:Accreditation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards*; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States