In the news: Joint Commission reduces its number of new and revised requirements

In March, The Joint Commission and CMS slashed the number of new and revised requirements, which The Joint Commission announced in January. At that time, the Joint Commission updated its standards, posting 165 new and revised requirements to better comply with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) standards. However, both parties have since decided that many of the changes are addressed in other standards or during the survey process, and reduced the number of new and revised requirements to 87. Visit http://www.jointcommission.org/Standards/ for more information.