Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) Introduction JCAHO is an abbreviation for Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is a non-for-profit organization that seeks to continuously improve the safety and quality of care provided to the public through the provision of health care accreditation and related services that support performance improvement in health care organizations. It is an organization made up of individuals from the private medical
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with the simple swipe of a card or entry of account numbers faster than traditional checks and cash payments. Companies everywhere today are experiencing the advantages that come with this merchant service‚ like improved customer service and PCI compliance. A Better Customer Experience Superior credit card processing services can translate into a more positive customer experience overall in several ways. First of all‚ accepting a wide range of payments will show your dependability as a company to
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Regulatory Agencies Paper HCS/437 August 18‚ 2014 Joyce Wooten Instructor / Nicolas Gross Regulatory Agencies Paper The concept of regulatory agencies has many boundaries and their responsibility is to license long-term care facilities to ensure compliance of laws and regulations. It is stated that in the United States the long-term care (LTC) marketplace is normally recognized as one of the most strongly regulated sectors in the economy‚ although there are differences
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HIPAA Compliance If you are in the healthcare industry‚ you have probably heard some rumblings about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996‚ coolly referred to as HIPAA. The word is your medical practice will have to be HIPAA compliant by April 2003‚ but you’re not exactly sure what this act mandates or how to accomplish it. In very basic terms‚ HIPAA has two primary components to which hospitals‚ health plans‚ healthcare "clearinghouses‚" and healthcare providers must
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Regulatory and Conceptual Framework I am going to analyse and evaluate the conceptual and regulatory framework of financial reporting. In order to do this I will look at the objective of financial statements‚ identify the users of financial statements‚ explain the conceptual framework for financial reporting‚ look at the regulatory framework for financial accounting and finally look at the three ways of achieving accounting comparability. According to IAS Plus website‚ 2011‚ the objective of financial
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A Critical Regulatory issue in Health Care Debon Carter HCS 430 May 4‚ 2015 Lori Lewellen A Critical Regulatory Issue in Health Care The focus of this paper will address issues involving health care law and the individual lives it can effect. There are many critical regulatory issues in health care. However for the purpose of this paper‚ the critical regulatory health care issue chosen will be in the area of abuse in the long term care setting. This paper will provide an analysis that explains
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Ethical and Regulatory Issues Paper President Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 into law in February 1996. The law modified earlier legislation‚ primarily the Communications Act of 1934. The legislation regulates broadcasting by over-the-air television and radio stations‚ cable television operators‚ satellite broadcasters‚ wireline telephone companies (local and long distance) and wireless telephone companies. The general intention of the Act was deregulation and competition. The
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DOT audit. They’re nerve-wracking events‚ especially when you’re unprepared‚ but it doesn’t have to be that way. Trucking firms that hire DOT compliance companies are actually relaxed about audits. Why? Because they know that they have a reliable‚ experienced partner in their corner‚ that everything is documented properly‚ and that they’re in full compliance. Reliable‚ Experienced Partner There are a plethora of rules and regulations that a trucking company has to comply with in order to avoid fines
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areas do not meet JHACO’s standards. Updating the Universal Protocol and Preprocedure Hand-Off Check sheet will not only bring the facility into compliance but may eliminate any potential failure in communication between patient‚ caregiver and provider. Areas that require further documentation will be on the following Elements of Performance: A. Compliance Status UP.01.01: Conduct a preprocedure verification process • Documentation is lacking which demonstrates nursing and preanesthesia assessments
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Ethics and Compliance Fin/370 March 18‚ 2013 Ethics and Compliance Ethics is important for any corporation to succeed. Walt Disney Company is no exception. The Disney Company started October 16‚ 1923‚ as The Disney Brothers Studio (The Walt Disney Company‚ n.d.). This was before the Sarbanes-Oxley Act‚ or SOX Act‚ was in existence. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is the one to implement rulings to comply with the laws. In 2011‚ Disney started a cruise line and broke ground on
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