Responding to recent incidents in which patients were subjected to harm in ways that necessitated a fast response, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is revising the way surveyors assess and respond to failures that place patients in “immediate jeopardy.”
<p>Responding to recent incidents in which patients were subjected to harm in ways that necessitated a fast response, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is revising the way surveyors assess and respond to failures that place patients in “immediate jeopardy.”</p>
CMS Revises Immediate Jeopardy Protocol to Speed Reaction
April 1, 2019