The Joint Commission: an update on the environment of care and life safety challenges for 2011
Samet, D.H.
Journal of Healthcare Protection Management Publication of the International Association for Hospital Security 28(1): 91-95
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0891-7930 PMID: 22423527 Document Number: 662219
In this article, the author, one of country's leading healthcare regulatory compliance services executives, describes the powers to withdraw Medicare reimbursement given to The Joint Commission and how they are exercised, especially in the areas of Environment of Care and Life Safety.
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