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Five Steps to Track CMS Changes, Announcements
Step Four: The hospital center
"If you're working in a hospital setting, this is another good place to check for updates," says Calloway.
A quick check of recent updates to this page show that most of the announcements in 2009 have been related to payment systems, but other, more accreditation-related, changes are also announced here.
The hospital center page can be found here: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/center/hospital.asp.
Step Five: The EMTALA Web site
On this page, you will find changes and updates to regulations, manuals, and appendices, and also links back to transmittals related to EMTALA and EMTALA survey and certification letters. There is also a series of links with related and helpful material.
The EMTALA page can be found here: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/EMTALA/.
Matt Phillion, CSHA, is senior managing editor of Briefings on The Joint Commission and senior editorial advisor for the Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP).
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