Immediate Jeopardy
While an unannounced survey temporarily disrupts the normal routine of any hospital, an unexpected poor outcome has the potential to impact clinical operations and quality of care.
Compass Clinical Consulting is the best resource for help with Immediate Jeopardy citations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the State, or The Joint Commission (TJC). Compass Clinical Consulting is ready to immediately respond to Immediate Jeopardy, Conditional Accreditation, and Preliminary Denial of Accreditation, so threats to clinical operations can be mitigated and patient safety protected.
Our clinical experts then work with your staff to resolve deficiencies and protect the organization’s regulatory status. The key is responding quickly and with the right degree of urgency to match the nature of the findings.
Immediate Response
Compass Clinical Consulting provides the following response to react to an actual or potential regulatory outcome:
- Medicare Termination. While many will think this is the “end of the line” for most hospitals, Compass Clinical Consulting has successfully helped hospitals return to Medicare certification. When necessary, Compass Clinical Consulting can provide a turn-around team to support the organization while changes are put in place and permanent leadership recruited.
- Immediate Jeopardy. Resulting from Immediate Threats to Life and Safety, this finding requires immediate response to avoid serious threats to the regulatory or accreditation status of the organization. Compass Clinical Consulting can help your hospital respond immediately to avoid Medicare termination.
- Preliminary Denial of Accreditation. This serious finding from Joint Commission survey requires decisive action to strategically remove findings when possible, and mitigate the impact of other findings before they become public. Compass Clinical Consulting’s solid record of reversing findings frequently downgrades or removes this designation before local newspapers become aware.
- Conditional Accreditation. This finding is unfortunately becoming more common, but that does not mean it should be dealt with in a less serious way. Quick, strategic action can often reverse Conditional Accreditation and gain more time for the organization to deal with the findings after survey.
The common denominator for each of these situations is immediate action. One day does make a difference.
To find out more about our how Compass Clinical Consulting can help your organization, send us an email or contact our office at (513) 241.0142.
