Question: Is CMS revising discharge planning requirements? Answer: CMS published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on November 03, 2015. This proposed rule would revise the discharge planning requirements that Hospitals, including...
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Question: Do you know where I can find fact sheets and other tools addressing antibiotic resistance? Answer: According to the CDC, each year in the United States, at least 2 million people become...
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MCN Heathcare staff give back in a variety of ways during the year. One of our clinical staff recently travelled to Madagascar through the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. This group sends...
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Question: What are the CIHQ requirements for graduate medical education programs? Answer: The Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) standards address graduate medical education programs at MS-10. If the hospital participates in...
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Question: Did CMS release updated guidance for hospital Pharmaceutical Services? If so, where I can I find it? Answer: On October 30, 2015, CMS published a Memorandum, Revised Hospital Guidance for Pharmaceutical Services...
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MCN Heathcare staff give back in a variety of ways during the year. One of our clinical staff recently travelled to Madagascar through the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. This group...
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Question: Where can I find the Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Infection Control Surveyor Worksheet (ICSW) from CMS? Answer: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) made minor revisions to the Infection Control...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are investigating recent increases in fentanyl-related unintentional overdose fatalities in multiple states across the U.S. In...
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A new report published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Surveillance Summary, Controlled Substance Prescribing Patterns - Prescription Behavior Surveillance System, Eight...
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