For decades, CMS-approved accrediting organizations have surveyed and cited hospitals for deficiencies in care and operations. In the last eight years, 13 citations decreased in frequency while one ...
Over the past five years, hospitals received fewer citations among a dozen categories, while two became more popular, according to CMS data obtained by Becker’s. In a review of the 25 most frequent ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reminded hospitals of their responsibility to protect patients and healthcare workers alike from physical violence in the workplace. In a memorandum ...
Nursing homes might be able to reduce the scope and severity of deficiency citations related to sprinkler systems, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently announced. Under CMS ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will begin auditing nursing homes this month to determine whether residents’ schizophrenia diagnoses are accurate and appropriately coded, the agency ...
Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center has been cited by CMS for failure to have the recommended amount of dantrolene in its ASC, according to a report by the San Bernardino County Sun.