As a follow up to the well-received Joint Commission Toolkit,
NAHAM unveiled a new toolkit this week to help hospitals prepare for visits
from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The CMS Toolkit was put
together by the Policy Development and Government Relations Committee, and is
based both on CMS audit policy, and on real world experiences from those
committee members that have been through CMS audits in the past.
The toolkit, available to NAHAM members, is broken down into
five sections, beginning with CMS Survey Toolkit elements. This section includes
a preparedness checklist, question sets, case studies, and scenarios (still to
come). The second section gives an overview of the CMS survey and links to the
conditions of participation and standards, and the state operations manual.
Section three offers members resources on nine areas of
focus including patient’s rights, patient abuse, physical environment,
infection control, medical necessity, Medicare secondary pater education, advance
directives, charity care, and the emergency medical treatment and labor act
(EMTALA).
Sections four and direct members to different online
resources both through the CMS, and through other organizations.
The toolkit is the latest in a wide variety of resources
that NAHAM offers members. The toolkit is available on the website, and can be
found here.
No comments:
Post a Comment