Ask the expert: How do the NIAHO standards and The Joint Commission standards differ?
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, October 16, 2008
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Credentialing Resource Center Connection!
The National Integrated Accreditation for Healthcare Organizations (NIAHO) standards are closely related to The Joint Commission standards for hospitals because both are based on The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Conditions of Participation. However, one area of difference is the NIAHO standards limit temporary privileges to 90 days, whereas The Joint Commission limits temporary privileges for new applicants to 120 days and allows the medical staff to set its own limit when those privileges are used to fulfill an important patient care need.
NIAHO is the first new CMS-approved accreditation program in more than 40 years, and the first ever to integrate hospital accreditation with ISO 9001 quality standards.
Click here for more information about NIAHO.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Credentialing Resource Center Connection!
Comments
0 comments on “Ask the expert: How do the NIAHO standards and The Joint Commission standards differ? ”
Related Products
-
Credentialing Resource Center
CRC is now available online! Receive updates up to four days earlier than the print version and save on shipping costs.
-
Environment of Care Compliance Manual, Fourth Edition
This valuable resource not only updates the standards, it also offers tips and advice to stay compliant with new and...
-
Briefings on The Joint Commission
Briefings on The Joint Commission will help you with all of your accreditation and survey preparation needs. Every month...
-
Hospital Safety Center
Improve compliance with hospital safety standards from The Joint Commission, OSHA, and other regulators with this...
-
Healthcare Life Safety Compliance
Learn Life Safety Code tips and interpretations for healthcare facilities with this in-depth monthly resource.
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- Identify potential Medicaid RAC target areas
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- Capturing all necessary codes for IUD insertion and removal can be challenging
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- QA:Coding multiple initial infusions
- E-mailed
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Q&A: Follow CMS' coding guidelines when using modifier -25
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- CMS has reformulated payments for some bilateral procedures
- New conflicts of interest create new challenges
- Q/A. One injection code or two?
- ED-to-inpatient transfers are flawed with safety gaps
- Searched