Does the Joint Commission require that hospital-based long term care units/facilities be included in the scope of the hospital’s survey?
No. A hospital may elect to exclude its long term care component from the organization survey. In this situation the accreditation award will note that the long term care facility is excluded from the accreditation. Hospitals may also elect a Medicare/Medicaid certification-based accreditation option for its long term care unit/facility. This option awards accreditation based upon an assessment of the 30 percent of long term care standards not addressed by the Medicare/Medicaid Conditions of Participation. The accreditation certificate under this option would indicate that accreditation is substantially based on the organization’s most recent Medicare/Medicaid certification survey evaluation of its long term care services.
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