Industry Note:
Accrediting Body Whittles Home Care Requirements
Published on Fri Jan 10, 2014
Home health agencies accredited by the Joint Commission have nine less requirements to worry about. The accrediting body formerly known as JCAHO has deleted nine Elements of Perform-ance (EPs) which had not been scored on survey in four years, it says. "Staff analysis and vetting with Joint Commission advisory groups determined that some EPs either were redundant to other requirements [...]