title: The Joint Commission: an update on the environment of care and life safety challenges for 2011.
abstract: In this article, the author, one of country's leading healthcare regulatory compliance services executives, describes the powers to withdraw Medicare reimbursement given to The Joint Commission and how they are exercised, especially in the areas of Environment of Care and Life Safety.
authors.affiliation: Regulatory Compliance Services, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc., Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Dean H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Samet
mesh_terms: D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States