Revisions to the survey process for deemed home health agencies in The Joint Commission’s Home Care Accreditation Program are effective immediately. The changes were made to align with the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revisions outlined in memo QSO-24-07-HHA, Revisions to Home Health Agencies (HHA) – Appendix B of the State Operations Manual, which published on Mar. 15, 2024.
Changes to the survey process include extended interview times with patients, caregivers, family members, and home health staff. In addition, several CMS-required documents have been added to the list of requested documents.
These changes were incorporated into the August 2024 update of The Joint Commission’s Home Care Accreditation Survey Activity Guide (also available on the Joint Commission Connect® extranet site).
For more information, please contact The Joint Commission’s Standards and Survey Methods.
Register today for the Pioneers in Quality webinar on the 2025 ORYX® performance measurement requirements for hospitals. The live webinar is on Oct. 24, 2024, 2-3:30 pm ET; 1-2:30 pm CT; noon-1:30 pm MT; 11 am-12:30 pm PT. During this 90-minute webinar Joint Commission staff will address the following topics:
- 2025 ORYX requirements for chart-abstracted measures and eCQMs for accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals.
- ORYX policy requirements and rationale for changes that are effective CY 2025.
- Joint Commission website resources including the measures list, submission deadlines, measure specifications, FAQs, and quality measurement webinar recordings.
This webinar is approved for 1.5 continuing education (CE) credits (see registration page at the link below for additional CE information).
Healthcare Quality Week, brought to you by the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ), honors the critical role of quality and the enormous impact quality professionals have in improving healthcare. On Tuesday, Oct. 22, from noon-1 pm CT, Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, president and chief executive officer, The Joint Commission and Joint Commission International, and NAHQ CEO Stephanie Mercado will speak on “Taking Quality & Safety to Higher Ground.”
Both Dr. Perlin and Mrs. Mercado are on a mission to shift legacy perspectives about healthcare quality and safety. They will discuss how quality and safety are inextricably linked and essential to improving patient outcomes. Dr. Perlin will share how The Joint Commission’s HELP agenda provides a pathway for resiliency as organizations seek continuous improvement.