Next Accreditation System – Interview with Andy Roth, Member, Mintz Levin
Effective January 1, 2023, The Joint Commission (TJC) eliminated 168 (or 14%) of its accreditation standards across all of its accreditation programs and revised 14 other standards. To further streamline its standards, TJC is...more
Structure of AMCs - While every AMC is unique, there are some common characteristics that many share: (1) the hospital and school are often tethered together from an organizational, governance and/or legal perspective;...more
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) notified state survey agency directors that it has lifted previously imposed hospital survey suspensions and resumed routine hospital reaccreditation and recertification...more
Recent antitrust activity is instructive for associations to identify and limit key areas of antitrust risk. Here are some highlights from 2020: Certification and Accreditation Programs Are Pro-Competitive Functions of...more
As COVID-19 continues to surge nationally, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) continues to provide and revise its guidance to sponsoring institutions and their graduate medical education (GME)...more
In response to the presence and impact of COVID-19, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) suspended all regular Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) Program site visits in early 2020....more
In a recent Federal Register notice published December 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education announced a series of continuing waivers and modifications of statutory and regulatory provisions related to the COVID-19...more
Updated as of August 27, 2020 - Higher education institutions worldwide are striving to meet their students’ educational needs while working to reduce and decelerate the spread of COVID-19, commonly known as the...more
Accredited organizations should begin to prepare for the resumption of survey activity in a modified form. Organizations that are experiencing a COVID-19 surge or have other challenges may want to reach out to the accrediting...more
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has granted a significant degree of flexibility to accredited sponsoring institutions and programs to meet the increased clinical...more
Join several Bricker & Eckler attorneys for a weekly update on COVID-19-related issues. This week, we will discuss legal considerations with regard to re-opening campuses in the fall, such as bringing employees back to...more
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing massive disruption and adjustment to patient care, including to hospitals’ graduate medical education (GME) programs. Decisions about the operation of these programs need to consider the ACGME...more
On March 5, 2020, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education issued an announcement, “Guidance for interruptions of study related to Coronavirus (COVID-19),” to address concerns arising with respect...more
In response to the threat of the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a memorandum to State Survey Agencies and Accrediting Organizations, suspending all...more