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RTN1305_B7_CMS-1599-P
• CMS: Proposal to revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) and change the Inpatient Psychiatric Facilities Quality Reporting (IPFQR) Program [Pearl: CMS, F&B, GB, JCSC, LDR, MDx, PI, RNx] CMS-1599-P: April 26, 2013, 3 Pgs Heads up! The inexorable push to connect payment to performance is advancing again. About this time last…
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RTN1304_B2_Sentinel Event Alerts
• PR: – Sentinel Event Alerts and the Survey Process [Ref: JCSC, Ldr, MDx, RNx] Perspectives April 2013, Pg 12, Vol 33, # 4 It may not be fully appreciated that the topics for SEAs are carefully chosen by safety and other industry experts appointed to TJC’s Patient Safety Advisory Group (PSAG). Each alert describes underlying causes…
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RTN1304_B6_Transitions of Care (TOC)
• TS: – Perspectives on Patient Safety™: New Paper from The Joint Commission Encourages Collaboration in Transitions of Care[®] [REF: JCSC, LDR, SW] The Source, April 2013, Vol 11, #4, Pg 15 The Joint Commissions Transitions of Care Portal is continuing to evolve. It has now released its 2nd in a planned series of papers addressing…