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PPR options 2 and 3 becoming a 'real' survey

Briefings on The Joint Commission, July 1, 2005

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Disclosure concerns may lead some to option 3

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1. describe the periodic performance review (PPR) options

The length of time surveyors are spending with some hospitals that choose PPR options 2 and 3 is approaching "real" survey lengths of time for some hospitals, according to one consultant.

Karen Fernandes , president of AYR Consulting Group in Dallas and a former JCAHO surveyor, says she's been a spectator for several hospitals that chose PPR options 2 and 3. At one hospital with fewer than 200 beds, the JCAHO sent two surveyors to spend three days there.

"It felt exactly like a survey," Fernandes says, adding that surveyors conducted patient and system tracers, such as data and medication management.

The PPR is a midsurvey-cycle assessment of all standards--annually beginning January 1. The JCAHO requires organizations to submit PPR data to the JCAHO or choose an alternative means of reporting, such as options 2 and 3.

Surveyors visiting longer

Although only about 9% of organizations chose option 2 and 1% chose option 3 in 2004, some consultants leaned toward advising them, and some hospitals were seriously considering them.

The JCAHO has described the options as one surveyor for one-third of the normal survey time. So the popular thought was: How much could one surveyor do in such a short time?

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