Victoria Fennel, MSN, RN-BC, CPHQ, Compass Clinical Consulting’s Director of Accreditation and Clinical Compliance is featured in Becker’s Hospital Review with her latest article ”CMS’ Systems Improvement Agreement: A Last Chance Alternative to Medicare Termination?“
EXCERPT:
In the past, when CMS conducted a survey and unfavorable findings led to a determination of immediate jeopardy, healthcare organizations had very little choice (prepare an acceptable corrective action plan or risk Medicare decertification) and very little time (23 days) to correct the deficiencies. For some healthcare organizations, failure to provide an acceptable corrective action plan following multiple citations of immediate jeopardy or repeated surveys with immediate jeopardy findings resulted in Medicare terminating the hospital’s contract.
READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE “CMS’ Systems Improvement Agreement: A Last Chance Alternative to Immediate Jeopardy?“ on Becker’s Hospital Review.
