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Operational Excellence, Compliance and Operations
CMS expires multiple public health QSO and S&C letters
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued expiration dates for several pandemic-era allowances.
Architecture, Architecture Compliance
ASHE task force evaluates sustainability standards
The task force has completed its first phase to categorize ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 189.3, sustainability requirements.
Operational Excellence, Compliance and Operations
CMS improves survey transparency
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services updated its policy for publicly releasing quality of care survey findings.
Operational Excellence, Compliance and Operations
FDA updates requirements for hyperbaric chambers
The Food and Drug Administration's adoption of new standards could create conflicts with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regulations.
Operational Excellence, Compliance and Operations
CMS updates immediate jeopardy guidance for clinical laboratories
New guidance allows laboratories to delay immediate jeopardy effects under certain conditions.
Compliance and Operations, Operational Excellence
DNV changes its accreditation process
The accrediting organization updated its surveying requirements for documentation access and review.
Construction, Construction Compliance
Resilient design standard open for public comment
The American Society of Civil Engineers has proposed updates to its standard ASCE 24, Flood Resistant Design and Construction.
Compliance and Operations, Engineering Compliance
Watch live broadcasts of the upcoming ICC hearings
The International Code Council will be livestreaming hearings from April 7-16 of its Group A Code proposals, including several submitted by the Committee on Health Care.
Compliance and Operations, Architecture Compliance
AORN’s Guideline for Sterile Technique open for public comment
Health care facilities managers can help shape recommendations for operating room air quality.
Compliance and Operations
CMS provides guidance on two surveyor updates
Two recent QSO letters clarify survey processes for reporting patient safety documentation and rural emergency hospitals.